Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks to The Press about the youth of Christchurch who have grown up with a constant reminder of the quakes. Looking after children whose young lives were defined by the trauma of the Canterbury earthquakes is the Government’s responsibility and a legacy of the disaster, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. Visiting Christchurch on the tenth anniversary of the February 2011 earthquakes, Ardern told Stuff she could sense optimism in the recovering city. ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff Ardern said looking after traumatised young people was a legacy of the Canterbury earthquakes. READ MORE:* Still a ‘long road ahead’ a decade after Christchurch earthquake* Nearly a decade on, is Canterbury ready to move on from the earthquakes?

Source: Stuff February 22, 2021 07:07 UTC