The Government responded to Canterbury's plight by putting through Parliament emergency legislation to give special powers to the Earthquake Recovery Minister to deal with the effects of the quake.
Plans for the reconstruction of earthquake damaged parts of Christchurch are slowly taking shape as priority is given to restoring fundamental services to residential areas of the city.
Today: a month on from the Canterbury earthquake, we take a comprehensive look at the recovery process from the Garden City; we get a glimpse at the Commonwealth Games and; trauma affects police involved in the recovery of Carmen Thomas' body.
Canterbury has been hit by a large aftershock, a month to the day since a seven point one magnitude earthquake rocked the region.
Canterbury was hit last night by a large aftershock, a month to the day since a seven point one magnitude earthquake struck the region.
Some Canterbury business owners say their employee's jobs are still in serious jeopardy, despite the Government extending its wage subsidy for another month.
Canterbury residents who haven't seen hide nor hair of a Earthquake Commission inspector have been told they might need to make a fresh claim to get noticed.
Some owners of commercial buildings badly damaged in the Canterbury earthquake, have been told if they don't repair or demolish them by January the 31st, the Christchurch City Council will do it for them.
The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is offside with the business community in Christchurch over the decision to permanently relocate nearly 500 public servants outside of the central business district.
High School students in Christchurch have defied the odds and the ongoing disruption caused by the earthquakes and achieved better marks in last year's NCEA than students in the rest of the country.
The Canterbury District Health Board is to double the amount it spends on out-sourcing services to 20 million dollars a financial year following the Christchurch earthquakes.
The Canterbury earthquakes have shaken up many of the region's industries - and beer brewing is no exception.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has tried to determine exactly who should have put a cordon around a central Christchurch building identified as an earthquake risk.
Witnesses before the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission have been questioned over whether preservation of heritage buildings was given more consideration than preserving human lives.
The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, has made plain his frustration with the performance of the Christchurch City Council, calling the mayor, Bob Parker, a clown and saying that he's at the end of his tether.
A new report says the financial cost of a major earthquake in Wellington would be much bigger than the Canterbury quakes. Opposition parties attack the asset sales plan after Bill English's "it's just a guess" comment and cuts to jobs, services, and profits, hard times at Qantas.
When the earthquake demolished Christchurch's central business district, some business owners had no option but to pack up and start again in a different city.
After commemorating the anniversary of last year's deadly earthquake in Christchurch, many are now looking to the region's future.
The Ellerslie International Flower Show opens in Christchurch today, a year after the February earthquake stopped the show.
Two separate chances to inspect the Canterbury Television building were missed before the February earthquake saw it pancake to the ground last year, killing 115 people.
An overseas expert has defended the structural engineer who declared the Canterbury Television building sound after the September 2010 earthquake.
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes has been told of new deficiencies in the structure of the CTV Building.
The director of the structural engineering company that designed the CTV building came under fire yesterday over documents missing from evidence his firm submitted to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
Is Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee pleased with the initial response to the plan?
A new plan will see all dangerous earthquake-damaged buildings in Christchurch's Cashel Mall pulled down or made safe by mid-July.
The damage from the Christchurch earthquakes is now being felt in the government's books.
The Christchurch Casino reopened its doors last night for the first time since the February 22nd earthquake.
Government scientists say there's almost a one in four chance of a magnitude seven earthquake striking Canterbury in the next year.
Seven $750 a day - plus expenses. That's the sum being earned by more than 414 people employed by the Earthquake Commission to carry out property inspections in Christchurch.
A pub in a church might seem unusual, but then life in Christchurch after both the September and February earthquakes has been anything but normal.