The Christchurch earthquake struck on Tuesday morning. The next day, a MultiMediaMakers camera and journalism team was producing coverage in Christchurch for VTM "Het Nieuws", the Belgian Television.

On ABC Perth’s Breakfast with Eoin Cameron, Kris Borgraeve was asked how the bizarre world record in Belgium has come to exist. 249 days without a government, the longest period of political indecision, it’s now an official new world record.

Our sister company ITV MEDIA delivers TV news for newsrooms in various languages. Kris Borgraeve covered the North Queensland cyclone Yasi for VTM, the Belgian television.