A huge team of engineers is in Christchurch to assess the state of buildings damaged but still standing after Tuesday's earthquake.
Meanwhile, the Government has made concessions on its Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority legislation after complaints from the Labour Party.
Richard Collins' food retail business was destroyed after the February earthquake in Christchurch. He has started a new life in Kakanui in Waitaki.
Businesses struggling after the Canterbury earthquake are vowing to keep up the pressure on the Government for more assistance.
The Problem Gambling Foundation says people in Christchurch are turning to gambling to combat stress after the city's major earthquakes.
Canterbury was shaken by a 5.1 earthquake just after 5.30 this morning.
Complaints about the response of emergency services after the February earthquake in Christchurch will be examined by a Coroner.
The Government will be asked to provide special funding to help save small Christchurch businesses facing ruin after the earthquake.
The Treasury expects rebuilding after the Canterbury earthquake will help economic growth next year and put upward pressure on inflation.
The incumbent mayor Bob Parker has been voted back in Christchurch with support apparently gained after Canterbury's devastating earthquake.
The Government is considering introducing a state of emergency after a series of powerful earthquakes in Christchurch this afternoon.
The worst of the exodus from Christchurch after last year's earthquakes is over, according to a group which studies population trends.
When rescuers found her, she was still clutching the hand of her brother who didn't survive.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Dianthe Barnard, born minutes after the Christchurch earthquake".
The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Churchills Club Tavern on the corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets.
The Manchester Securities House being demolished on Glouchester Street. Seen over a vacant site left after the demolition of a building.
Diggers working on an almost empty site after demolition of classrooms and other teaching facilities at Rangi Ruru Girls' High School.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Churchills Club Tavern on the corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets.
The vacant lot left after the demlition of Latimer Hotel. Some foundations has be laid down to rebuild the hotel.
A photograph of a veterinarian and animal attendant at SPCA Canterbury after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Members of the emergency response team look at a map of the campus at the Emergency House after the September earthquakes.
Barry McKay from Civil Defence who helped organise Students in the Student Volunteer Army cleanup silt after the earthquake.
Furniture and games from the Shelley Common Room moved to the food court and Mix Cafe area after the September earthquake.
A vacant site left after the demolition of a building. Around the site are some damaged walls and old fencing.
A Christchurch resthome under stress after the earthquakes is being blamed for systemic failures that ended in a frail elderly woman dying.
Fifteen hundred people in Christchurch are without power tonight and more than a hundred homes evacuated after a 'once in a hundred year flood'.
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Water tank leans after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Water tank leans after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Water tank leans after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.