Extensive Coverage of Canterbury Quake

One News Equipped to Continue Extensive Coverage of Canterbury Quake

4th September 2010

TV ONE will continue its live coverage of the Canterbury Quake throughout the afternoon, will feature a special 90 minute bulletin of ONE News at 6pm and hourly updates from 8pm throughout the evening.

ONE News began broadcasting updates at 7am. We broke into normal programming (Country Calendar) and have been continuously live with developments and civil defence public service messages from 8am.

News crews have been on the ground in the earthquake zone since immediately after the quake. We were able to rally a full studio crew, director and producers from across Auckland to boot-up the main ONE News studio at the Television Centre in the CBD by 7am.

Presenter Rawdon Christie has anchored the coverage this morning for ONE News. Christchurch born and raised journalist, Miriama Kamo will present the coverage throughout the afternoon.

TVNZ in Christchurch is well resourced with back-up generators, satellite news-gathering equipment and a team of experienced reporters, producers, camera operators and technical staff to continue providing extensive coverage of this state of emergency – the worst earthquake to hit New Zealand since the Napier quake in 1931.

Our news staff right across the country are also providing updates and content for news agencies across the world and are the primary source for global news giant CNN.
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