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EQC boss Ian Simpson defends his organisation’s performance, explains why his agency and the insurance industry are going to court, and insists that the money is finally starting to... [more]
The ideas are flowing for building a better, brighter Christchurch, but central business owners who want to stay are finding it tough going. [more]
Our Christchurch writer goes inside the cordon to survey the city's savaged heart. [more]
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Business owners whose buildings are barred to them by Civil Defence are neither reckless nor troublemakers. They just want to get back to work. [more]
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For Christchurch residents, it seems for every monumental 'if' there is a cascade of 'buts' and 'maybes'. [more]