While most people are asleep at 5am in Christchurch, the city's florists and wholesalers are already hard at it, bidding for the best blooms. The industry has struggled after the earthquakes, but Katy Gosset finds enthusiasm levels high.
Poet/Journalist Richard Langston's fifth collection 'Things Lay in Pieces' starts with a sequence about the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
For people in Christchurch who have to temporarily leave their earthquake damaged home, two housing villages are filling the accommodation gap.
President of Sumner-Redcliffs RSA, which was destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake, talks about their plans for Anzac Day.
After being rocked awake by the massive 7.8 earthquake that hit North Canterbury last November, RNZ reporter Phil Pennington was among the first reporters to be sent to Kaikoura to assess the damage.
Tower's half year profit has jumped by more than eighty percent, as it recovers from the costs associated with the Canterbury earthquakes and improves revenue growth.
When the new Canterbury Earthquake Memorial was revealed last month, something unusual happened for a work of public art. It was universally appreciated! Christchurch filmmaker Rick Harvie has documented the two year long project from seeking submissions though to the official ceremony. Rick tells Lynn Freeman he's about to put his now finished documentary, including footage of the ceremony and feedback from a range of people, online.
It's been a long, long wait but Christchurch's Arts Centre finally has a contemporary art gallery space again - and it's just opened. It's the latest 'reveal' in the Arts Centre post-earthquake rebuild. The new gallery's called The Central and is housed in the original Canterbury College Library. Four Christchurch families and gallerist Jonathan Smart have made it happen and artists including local sculptor Neil Dawson, photographer Peter Peryer, glitter specialist Reuben Patterson and painter Dick Frizzell are in the mix for the opening group show. There are some new names there too. Lynn Freeman speaks to The Central's Jonathan Smart and Ngai Tahu artist Lonnie Hutchinson who has work in the opening show.
Today is census day; the first nationwide stocktake in seven years after the census was called off in 2011 because of the February earthquake in Christchurch.
Wellington businesses are being encouraged to work with their counterparts in Christchurch to help with post-earthquake rebuild projects.
The Christchurch couple taking their insurance company to the High Court over their earthquake payout have knocked almost a quarter of a million dollars off their claim.
Organisers of the Ellerslie Flower Show are hoping visitor numbers will be back to pre-earthquake highs, when it opens in Christchurch tomorrow.
Christchurch is home to many diverse ethnic groups whose voices have sometimes gone unheard in the aftermath of the earthquakes and the city's rebuild plans. Katy Gosset visits a gathering in Christchurch's battered eastern suburbs to hear their thoughts on post-quake life and the future of their adopted home.
A Government report into the depth of the housing shortage in Christchurch shows the number of rental properties has almost halved since the earthquakes.
Noelle talks with researcher Jesse Dykstra.
In Canterbury, work has started on re-surveying the region's landscape, following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in September.
A study by Canterbury University shows businesses have withstood the 7-point-one-magnitude Canterbury earthquake well.
An earthquake aftershock measuring five-point-one on the Richter Scale shook Christchurch this morning, just after six o'clock.
An earthquake aftershock measuring five-point-one on the Richter Scale hit Christchurch this morning, just after six o'clock.
Some Canterbury residents are returning to homes damaged in last year's 7.1 earthquake, because they can't afford to live anywhere else.
A Canterbury business leader says local firms are worried that the earthquake rebuilding effort is in danger of losing its way.
A major area of possible earthquake liquefaction has been identified south of Christchurch.
Thousands of new jobs will be created this year as the rebuilding of Canterbury begins.
Canterbury's Earthquake Recovery Commission says it accepts criticism of its work in coordinating the recovery effort.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission is promising swift changes following criticism of the rebuilding efforts necessitated by September's big quake.
Some earthquake-affected residents in Christchurch are having their pensions and benefits cut, because they are earning interest on their insurance payouts.
News breaks of an earthquake causing large amounts of damage in Canterbury.
John Mitchell is the head of Civil Defence.
Barry Corbett, a Christchurch City Councillor is at the Christchurch Art Gallery which is being set up as a Civil Defence Centre.
John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.