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More people have been forced to quit their homes at short notice after their houses were condemned following the Christchurch earthquake. The latest on the cleanup and recovery in Christchurch.
Frances Hall (Resident); Steve Burke (New Brighton Community Board); Chrissie Williams (Christchurch City Councillor); Joy Reid (TVNZ Reporter - live from Christchurch); Pauline Hitchcock (Welfare Centre Co-Ordinator); Will Remi (Quake Victim); Nadia Mitskevitch (Work and Income); Paula Bennett (Social Development Minister); Major Susan Reese (Trauma Councillor); Major Robbie Ross (Salvation Army); Gerry Brownlee (Earthquake Recovery Minister); Tom McRae (TVNZ Reporter - live from Kaiapoi); Ian Athfield (Christchurch Architectural Ambassador); Paget Milsom (Farmer); Stella Milsom (Farmer).
Blogger Cameron Slater has vowed to continue to break name suppression laws, despite being convicted of naming several high profile New Zealanders who had name suppression.
Cameron Slater (Blogger); Judge David Harvey (Auckland District Court).
Maori Party MP Hone Harawira has broken ranks with his party and announced that he will not vote in support of the replacement Foreshore and Seabed legislation. However, he is refusing to explain his decision.
John Key (PM - National); Pita Sharples (Maori Party Co-Leader); Tariana Turia (Maori Party Co-Leader).
Afghanistan is preparing for crucial elections this weekend in the face of Taliban threats to kill anyone who takes part in the election.
Questions are being asked about why Act MP David Garrett kept an assault conviction secret.
David Garrett (Act MP); Phil Goff (Labour Leader); John Key (PM - National).
Teams of scientists from around the world are racing to get vital information from the Canterbury earthquake zone before the region is cleaned up.
Professor Misko Cubrinovski (Liquefaction Expert); Professor Michael Pender (Geotechnical Engineering Expert); Dr Mark Quigley (Canterbury University Geologist).