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The head of Civil Defence is defending the time it's taking to get portaloos and chemical toilets out to parts of the eastern suburbs. Audio

Mark Denize is from Arapawa Island in the Marlborough Sounds, but right now, has his sleeves rolled up in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch, with the army of volunteers. Audio

Skeptic and managing editor of Scitech Daily, Vicki Hyde, offers an overview of the situation in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. Audio

The Labour Christchurch East MP Lianne Dalziel says the city council has made a terrible decision about how it organises help for earthquake victims and it needs to be changed urgently. Audio

The MP for Christchurch East, Lianne Dalziel, is on the line. Audio

What Adam McGrath and his mates can do is entertain. His band, The Eastern, will be performing in on makeshift stages in backyards, living rooms and lawns in the suburbs of Christchurch and Lyttleton… Audio

A number of Christchurch's eastern suburbs have been complaining about the lack of portable toilets and no visits from Civil Defence officials. Audio

About ten thousand households in the eastern part of Christchurch are being told it's still not clear when they'll get their power back on. Audio

Around ten thousand properties in eastern Christchurch will remain without power until next week at the earliest. Audio

Our reporter Jessica Maddock has been travelling around the badly damaged eastern suburbs of Christchurch. Ferrymead is the worst in terms of liquifaction that's she seen so far. Audio

The Category Three storm passed by the eastern side of Vava'u, before directly hitting the Ha'apai group of islands this morning. Audio

Eastern Southland's leaders say they are relieved Solid Energy is finally moving ahead with plans to use the region's vast lignite reserves. Audio

The Afternoons 2010 Christmas Special featured music from The Nukes, Barry Saunders and Nick Brown, The Eastern, and Will Martin. Audio

A 17-year-old has been arrested in France after taking about 20 children hostage at a pre-school in the eastern city of Besancon, last night. Audio

People in Eastern Southland still want a new lignite mine to go ahead despite a warning from Parliament's environmental watchdog that the regions vast energy resource is too risky to touch. Audio

On 'Your place' we are visiting a small country town in Eastern Southland just 45 kilometers from Invercargill and 25 south of Gore. The original Maori name for the area was Mokoreta; clear, sweet… Audio

A group of eastern Bay of Plenty residents is planning to fight a power company's application to further restrict the flow of the Rangitaiki River. Audio

Questions to Ministers 1. MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister of Finance: What signs of progress, if any, is he seeing of the economy rebalancing from borrowing and consumption to savings and exports?… Audio

Leah Chishugi was left for dead under a pile of corpses during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda but managed to escape with her son to Uganda and eventually to South Africa, where she was miraculously… Audio

Her latest book investigates the fate of the little-known 'eastern party' of Robert Falcon Scott's final and fatal Antarctic expedition. Audio

Bernhard Obermayr, the Greenpeace campaign director for Eastern Europe, describes the total ecological devastation caused by the catastrophic spill of toxic red sludge from an industrial plant in… Audio

Sir Peter Jackson says filming of the movie The Hobbit could move to Eastern Europe if a dispute with an actors' union is not sorted. Audio

Strong winds are buffeting the eastern South Island, as the front that passed over Southland moves up the country. Audio

If you think Whangamomona is a bit out of the way, then think again. Just a few kilometres away, down what has to be one of the worst roads in the country is the abandoned settlement of Aotuhia… Audio

Despite having dedicated most of his 72 years to the appreciation of jazz and middle-eastern music whilst living in Iran, Dr Lloyd Miller is incredibly talented, yet still obscure. But that may be… Audio

Some eastern regions are water logged, and in the South Island calves are appearing. Audio

Questions to Ministers 1. CHRIS AUCHINVOLE to the Minister of Finance: What measures has the Government taken to achieve faster economic growth and to help hard-working New Zealanders get ahead?… Audio

Israel is readying itself for confrontation in the eastern Mediterranean, as a group of protest ships attempts to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Audio

Heavy rain's been falling in eastern parts of the North Island overnight but relieved civil defence officials are reporting no significant problems. Audio

Bad weather has affected eastern parts of the North Island with Whakatane being drenched overnight. Audio