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Call to ease financial burden of quake strengthening

Property investor Sir Bob Jones is calling on the Government to ease the financial burden for commercial building owners who are required to earthquake strengthen their properties.

Insurance changes set new traps

Homeowners who think the only issue with house insurance changes is the likely premium increase need look no further than Christchurch.

Quake repairs clear inner-city street

Residents have cleared out of a central Wellington street while urgent work is carried out on a quake-damaged carpark lift which could crash down in an aftershock.

Quake damage forces residents out

Residents have cleared out of a central Wellington street while urgent work is carried out on a quake-damaged carpark lift which could come crashing down in an aftershock.

Quake-damaged lift shaft forces street closure

A quake-damaged carpark lift shaft has forced the closure of a central Wellington street.

Aftershocks: More than 200 a day hit

Central New Zealand has been rattled by more than 1500 aftershocks in the past week as a previously unknown section of faultline shakes out the last of its stress.

Lessons from Christchurch: Workplace health and safety

Brazen cafe thieves identified

Police say they have identified three people linked to a brazen theft from a Wellington cafe. Meanwhile, work to clean up damaged buildings in Wellington continued.

Rattled city tries to get back work

Wellington Regional Council offices in Wakefield St remain closed to the public today as engineers continue to assess the building in the wake of Sunday's violent earthquake.

Seddon cleans up damage after quakes

The small town of Seddon, the closest town to the weekend's earthquakes, is cleaning up after the damage wrought by the tremors.

Quakes: Taking care of kids

The next few days will be a trying time for many in Wellington, but people are being urged to remember that children in particular need special attention at this time.

Science behind the earthquakes

The Cook Strait earthquakes may have occurred on an unmapped fault line, seismologists believe.

Quake? What quake?

Capital becomes a ghost town

At Wellington's post-earthquake rush-hour, its central business district was filled only with pigeons and lonely security guards.

Insurance stand-down could last weeks

Insurance companies are refusing policies to new customers in central New Zealand after Sunday's 6.5 earthquake.

Quake brings unwelcome memories

Former Christchurch resident Angela Senior and her three young daughters were in Marlborough for the school holidays when the Sunday evening quake hit.