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Dr Anna Sullivan crawled into the rubble of the CTV building to amputate a survivor's leg. One hundred and forty-nine people were in the CTV building in Christchurch when it collapsed in the February 2011 earthquake. Of the 34 people who made it out alive, no rescue was more complicated than that of Kento Okuda. His chief rescuer has largely stayed out of the limelight since. On the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, she talks to Michael Wright. Anna Sullivan looked into the dazed eyes of Kento Okuda and did her best to reassure a kid who spoke almost no English before he succumbed to the a...

LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff Katie Pocock has loved every minute of being a firefighter and cherished the opportunity to be able to help people in their time of need. It is more common than ever to see a woman picking up a belt sander, a fire hose or handpiece. Stuff reporter Georgia Forrester chats to wāhine who are smashing stereotypes in traditionally male-dominated industries. Katie Pocock​ is used to being a trailblazer. Because throughout her almost two-decade-long career as a firefighter, she has had to be. When Pocock first finished high school, she studied communications at AUT (Auckla...

STUFF More people are moving into Christchurch's central city as property sales boom, with the rental market also strong. It was once little more than a ghost town, but Christchurch's central city is becoming “lively” with residents as new-build properties sell and the rental market holds strong. After a lag in sales last year, 95 per cent of available homes in the Government-driven One Central development have now sold. One of Christchurch’s biggest private developers also says the market is the hottest it has ever seen in the central city, with only a handful of properties currently...

Chris Skelton/Stuff Three years ago, Tauteave ''Junior'' Sauaga was homeless while undergoing gruelling treatment for lung cancer. Now he has a home, and is working to change negative attitudes towards the homeless. As the sting of Covid-19 hits home, Making Ends Meet by reporter VICKI ANDERSON and visual journalist CHRIS SKELTON, offers a voice to those living and working on the frontlines of poverty. Tauteave “Junior” Sauaga knows that if he doesn't dress correctly, people won't give him a second of their time. He walks Christchurch’s streets in his best clothes seeking redemption u...

The memorial has aggressive rusting in the internal frame that needs to be repaired. joseph johnson/Stuff The historically and socially significant memorial was dedicated in 1937. The Christchurch RSA previously wanted the memorial to be moved to Cranmer Square, but at a council meeting on Thursday, Canterbury RSA president Stan Hansen said there was now a desire to have the cenotaph relocated within the Square. National RSA president BJ Clark said there was a lot of emotion surrounding the future of the cenotaph and it must remain in the Square. However, not everyone was keen on the id...