Last week’s earthquake, which caused an estimated $15-billion in damage to Christchurch, has become New Zealand’s most expensive natural disaster.
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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/ 28 February 2011
A five-month-old boy was laid to rest on Monday at the first funeral for the victims of New Zealand’s quake, as the confirmed death toll rose to 148.
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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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/ 25 February 2011
A doctor described how a pocket knife and a hacksaw were used to amputate the legs of a man trapped under rubble after Christchurch’s earthquake.
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/ 25 February 2011
Perennial Super Rugby strugglers the Highlanders continued their brilliant start to the season by beating the Chiefs 23-13 on Friday.
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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.
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/ 22 February 2011
At least 100 people were reportedly buried in rubble as teams worked through the night to try to reach them through slabs of crumbled concrete.
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.
A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand’s already-bruised city of Christchurch on Tuesday, collapsing buildings and burying vehicles under debris.
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/ 19 February 2011
A late try by Keven Mealamu saw the Auckland Blues out-gun the Canterbury Crusaders 24-22 in the Super 15 clash of the New Zealand rugby heavyweights.
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/ 18 February 2011
The Otago Highlanders upset a 14-man Wellington Hurricanes team 14-9 in the opening match of the revamped Super 15 competition on Friday.
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/ 18 February 2011
Long renowned for pioneering extreme sports such as bungee-jumping and heli-skiing, New Zealanders are now pushing culinary boundaries.
The new Super Rugby tournament kicks off this weekend without the Stormers. The Cape side have a bye, which may seem like a waste of time.
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/ 16 February 2011
The Bulls could not have received a more timely boost as they prepare for the Super 15 championship kick-off than the return of Fourie du Preez.
The Super Rugby competition has expanded to 15 teams but the Bulls still look like the ones to beat.
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/ 8 February 2011
All Blacks and Crusaders captain Richie McCaw will miss the first month of the Super 15 rugby season after fracturing a bone in his foot.
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/ 5 February 2011
Teenager Declan O’Donnell bagged a hat-trick of tries as New Zealand beat England 29-14 in the Wellington final of the IRB Sevens World Series.
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/ 27 January 2011
Filming of the widely-anticipated <i>Hobbit</i> movies will be delayed because director Peter Jackson is recovering from surgery.
Former SA paceman Allan Donald has been appointed as New Zealand’s bowling coach on a short-term contract until the end of the Cricket World Cup.
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/ 14 January 2011
A convicted rapist who has been on the run for 11 years was found in New Zealand and extradited back to South Africa on Friday, police said.
NZ rugby has backed plans by All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams to resume his boxing career just weeks away from a season culminating in a World Cup.
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/ 15 December 2010
US authorities said they have broken up an international online child pornography ring using a bulletin board and charged 20 people in five countries.