In the years that have followed the devastating Christchurch earthquake, there have been many stories of the struggles people have faced.
Tonight we bring you the tale of the little school in Christchurch's east that took on Wellington's big decision makers and won.
Redcliffs School finally reopened last year, after spending the best part of a decade battling for its survival.
Our reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nate McKinnon caught up with Redcliffs' principal Rose McInerney to reflect on a tumultuous last 10 years.
A school leader says the Ministry of Education of wasted millions of taxpayer dollars over years of earthquake repairs, and was obstructive and misleading.
The building budget at Christchurch Girls High School has blown out by 50 percent to $40 million and it's not finished, even after five years of work.
Mike Lay, who was chair of the board of trustees for most of those years, until 2018, says the ministry botched the job then targeted him when he tried to hold it accountable.
He told Phil Pennington about the school's struggle to get the school re-built properly.
The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today announced an additional three hundred and one million dollar boost for the rebuild of earthquake damaged Christchurch schools, and said the programme in Christchurch may be a template for repairing flood damaged schools in the North Island.
Some schools are still waiting to be repaired more than a decade after the devastating quakes.
On his first visit to Christchurch since becoming Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins visited one of the schools still in the midst of its rebuild process, and to celebrate the progress being made.
Our reporter Rachel Graham and videographer Nate McKinnon went along.
John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
Reporter Jessica Horn is at Burnside High School, where a welfare centre has been set up.
The new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority; they're putting the Rugby World Cup on the school curriculum.
Our education correspondent, John Gerritsen, has been covering the reorganisation of schools in Christchurch since the earthquakes.
Gaps in the government's insurance cover will leave many schools damaged by the earthquakes in Canterbury out of pocket.
Private schools in Christchurch have asked the government for help as they try to cope in the aftermath of February's earthquake.
The government is being accused of exploiting the Christchurch earthquakes to force through sweeping changes to schools in the city.
Cabinet papers show the government's one-billion-dollar plan for reorganising Christchurch schools in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes is one of the most expensive options it could have chosen.
Schools will begin re-opening from today in Christchurch, helping children and their parents regain some sense of normality amidst the chaos caused by last month's earthquake.
A month on from the Christchurch earthquake, all but a handful schools in the city are back up and running.
All Christchurch secondary schools involved in rowing have made it to the annual Maadi Cup regatta at Lake Karapiro in Waikato despite major setbacks caused by the February earthquake.
Some Christchurch schools are so worried about the impact of February's earthquake on their students that they want special consideration to be given in their exam marks.
Five years on from the Canterbury earthquakes, many children are still showing signs of stress. Our health correspondent Karen Brown says child health and education experts want children to get more help.
The Ministry of Education has been forced to apologise for its flawed handling of school closures and mergers after the 2011 Canterbury earthquake.
A new way to get students left classroom-less by the Christchurch earthquake back into school is proving successful.
Students forced to leave Christchurch's Linwood College by February's earthquake returned to their school for the first time today.
John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University Wellington.
John Townend is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University Wellington.
John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
Head of Music at Linwood College in Christchurch on status of school orchestra's European trip that was planned before earthquake.
John Townend is a seismologist for GNS; and an Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
Christchurch school principals say they might not be able to implement the government's national standards properly because of the February earthquake.
Schools are an important part of any community, and two years on from the start of the earthquakes in Canterbury many are still coping with damage to classrooms, and with dramatically reduced rolls.
It's been dubbed Canterbury's little seaside community who never gave up.
Nine years in the making, it was Redcliffs School''s grand re-opening today after earthquake damage rendered the old site unsafe.
The occasion was marked with tears, hugging, singing and some very special guests.
Katie Todd filed this report.
Education advisors are warning that children could suffer mental health problems for years to come if schools botch their return to the classroom.
They say the Christchurch earthquakes and Australian bushfires show teachers should resist the temptation to launch straight back into normal lessons after a major event.
Principals are hoping to learn today when they will move into alert level two and how many of their students will be able to return to school.
RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.
