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Weakened chimney danger

September 9 2010

Your chimney might appear unscathed after Saturday's earthquake and the ongoing aftershocks, but chimney engineer David Driver says virtually every chimney will have been weakened by the shaking.

 
Donations pouring in

September 9 2010

Rodger Withell's Kaiapoi relief appeal has only been running for a day, but already donations of groceries are pouring in for his delivery run on Saturday.

 
Generous accommodators

September 9 2010

When Ashburton District Tourism put out a call for accommodators around the district to donate bed nights to victims of the Christchurch earthquake, they appear to have unleashed a torrent of generosity.

 
Good samaritan
Happiness can come in the smallest of ways, as Ashburton woman Jeanette Johnson discovered.
 
Whipping up some quake aid

By Lance Isbister  September 9 2010

Mid Canterbury Rural Women are baking up a storm to send to rural people affected by the earthquake in Canterbury.

 
Hospital checked out

September 9 2010

Structural engineers and specialist contractors have assessed Ashburton Hospital for quake damage, and found none. General manager Garth Bateup said it was "business as usual" at the hospital since the quake. A structural engineer visited on Tuesday, and specialist contractors had checked systems such as oxygen supplies.

 
Rest homes evacuated

September 9 2010

About 200 residents are being evacuated from quake-damaged rest homes in Christchurch, but there is little room in Ashburton.

 
Thorough checkup for RDR

September 9 2010

Engineers have been crawling all over the Rangitata Diversion Race, looking for cracks and other damage caused by Saturday's big earthquake.

 
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