The shock caused considerable damage to buildings in Christchurch city centre and to houses in low-lying suburbs where the underlying soil suffered liquefaction. Apart from the earthquakes ...

Sir Peter Skelton - a key player in ... to be a really beautiful city." Sir Peter acknowledged current Speaker of Parliament - and then Ilam MP and Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister ...

CHRISTCHURCH, Sept 4, (AFP) - A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused widespread devastation in New Zealand's second largest city of Christchurch Saturday, with officials saying it was “extremely ...