Christchurch resident Nigel Rushton recently cycled through Japan and spent a week helping with the clean-up of another earthquake ravaged region.
Canterbury was shaken by a 5.1 earthquake just after 5.30 this morning.
The annual arrival of the godwits in Christchurch has been marked, despite the city's cathedral being out of action following February's earthquake.
The Christchurch Casino reopened its doors last night for the first time since the February 22nd earthquake.
The Government is considering introducing a state of emergency after a series of powerful earthquakes in Christchurch this afternoon.
In Christchurch, 75 police officers from across the country remain on the beat, bolstering the local contingent following February's earthquake.
More on allegations from the Earthquake Commission that some contractors have been filing false invoices for work done on the Christchurch rebuild.
Christchurch police have made their first arrest for false claims over earthquake damage, charging a local woman with obtaining by deception.
From tomorrow, the Government is winding down the subsidy that allows earthquake-damaged businesses in Canterbury to keep paying their workers' wages.
The Fire Service is recognising fire crews who responded to the February earthquake at an event this evening in Christchurch.
Contractors in Christchurch are due to file legal action against the Earthquake Commission tomorrow, because of thousands of dollars worth of unpaid invoices.
In Canterbury, work has started on re-surveying the region's landscape, following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in September.
A Canterbury business leader says local firms are worried that the earthquake rebuilding effort is in danger of losing its way.
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.
Nilgun Kulpe a counsellor with Relationship Services in Christchurch who was working on the 5th floor of the CTV building when the earthquake struck.
Fran Vertue is a Clinical Psychologist with experience in truama counselling. She speaks about how to handle children dealing with the trauma of the Canterbury earthquake.
The Prime Minister says he expects the death toll from this week's Christchurch earthquake will rise to more than two hundred.
Farmers and rural businesses have been combining their efforts to bring desperately needed fresh water supplies to earthquake shattered Christchurch.
Hundreds of public servants are on their way to Christchurch to relieve their weary colleagues and bolster the Government's response to Tuesday's earthquake.
The Government has created an agency to try to lure foreign students back to New Zealand after the Christchurch earthquake.
The Government has appointed the panel of experts that will investigate why so many buildings collapsed during Christchurch's February earthquake.
Thousands of Christchurch residents have shared their views on how the central city should be rebuilt after February's catastrophic earthquake.
Christchurch's Court Theatre devastated by February's earthquake has found a temporary new home - an old grain store in the suburb of Addington.
Two shattering earthquakes and a few thousand aftershocks haven't put off a hundred immigrants becoming New Zealand citizens in Christchurch.
The wait will finally be over for some Christchurch households when they find out whether their earthquake-damaged properties will be abandoned.
More on our top story now where the Government is offering to buy five thousand of the most badly quake damaged homes in Christchurch.
Simon Manning is a Wellington funeral director who is part of the funeral industry's disaster response team, which is mobilising in Christchurch.
The Prime Minister has announced a more than 100-million dollar package to help workers and businesses hit by last week's Christchurch earthquake.
The Finance Minister, Bill English, says the Christchurch earthquake means the New Zealand economy is unlikely to grow this fiscal year.