Next year’s Women’s Cricket World Cup final will be played at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval in New Zealand, it was announced on Thursday, underscoring the growth of the game over the past two decades. When Christchurch previously hosted the women’s final in 2000 it was played on a rural ground 20km from the city. For the […]
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The bodies of the first six victims have been released by the coroner to their families, while Prime Minister Ardern labels the gunman a ‘terrorist’
As the alleged gunman callously picked off his victims in Christchurch’s Al Noor mosque, he livestreamed the gruesome scene on Facebook Live
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The 19th-century cathedral that was destroyed during the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand had been rebuilt temporarily using cardboard.
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New Zealand’s quake-ravaged city of Christchurch has been rocked by a series of 17 low- to mid-level earthquakes in 18 hours.
New Zealand’s Christchurch has been rocked by a fresh series of powerful earthquakes, sending terrified people fleeing into the streets.
New Zealand on Tuesday said the latest Christchurch earthquake had confirmed fears that thousands of homes in the city would have to be abandoned.
The Christchurch earthquake has shaken a country of small, close-knit communities.
New Zealand will fall silent on Tuesday to mark the moment an earthquake killed at least 154 people and shattered the city of Christchurch a week ago.
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/ 28 February 2011
Two Norwegian adventurers on Monday said they held slim hopes of finding the three other members of their party alive, after their yacht went missing.
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/ 27 February 2011
The grief was palpable as sombre Christchurch residents arrived on Sunday in small groups at a hastily arranged outdoor church service.
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/ 26 February 2011
Violent aftershocks hampered desperate efforts to find survivors in the quake-ruined New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday.
New Zealand warned relatives to brace for the worst on Friday as toiling rescuers failed to find any more survivors after a devastating earthquake.
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/ 24 February 2011
The death toll from the Christchurch earthquake climbed past 100, while hundreds more remained missing, officials said on Friday.
International rescuers intensified their search for earthquake survivors in New Zealand, despite fading hopes of finding any more people alive.
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/ 23 February 2011
New Zealand’s quake death toll was confirmed at 71 with more bodies still to be recovered, but it was not known how many people might still be trapped
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/ 23 February 2011
There was still no information available by Wednesday on how many South Africans were affected by Monday’s earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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/ 23 February 2011
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is hopeful that Rugby World Cup matches to be played in Christchurch will go ahead as planned later this year.
Hundreds of rescuers swarmed over twisted buildings on Wednesday in a frantic search for survivors after New Zealand’s catastrophic earthquake.
Helicopters and cranes plucked terrified survivors from quake-hit buildings in New Zealand on Tuesday, but many remained trapped as night fell.
A strong earthquake killed at least 65 people in New Zealand’s second-biggest city, Christchurch, with more casualties expected.