The thousands of Christchurch residents expected to be forced into temporary Government-supplied accommodation by earthquake damage will be required to pay rent.
The Prime Minister says Prince William will speak at next week's national memorial service being held for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake.
The plumbing industry says there is festering discontent in Christchurch, over what it calls unnecessary red tape from the Earthquake Commission.
Te Ahi Kaa check out the relief effort following the Christchurch earthquake on February 22, 2011.
Why is the Royal Commission into Building Collapses in the Christchurch Earthquake not apportioning blame? Christchurch lawyer Grant Cameron represented the victims of the Cave Creek Tragedy.
Many people in Christchurch have taken up smoking again or are going through more cigarettes a day since earthquakes began rattling the region.
The government has pledged five and half billion dollars over the next six years for Canterbury's Earthquake Recovery Fund.
A star-studded charity cricket match in Wellington has raised half a million dollars for the Prime Minister's appeal for the Canterbury earthquake.
Surging oil prices and the impact of devastating earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan have prompted Air Zealand to issue a profit warning.
A New Zealander who was in Christchurch for both the September and February earthquakes, has spoken about experiencing her third major quake - this time in Japan.
The memorial service for those who died in the Christchurch earthquake will take place in Hagley Park just after midday today.
A stand-alone government department will be vested with the wide ranging powers the Government gave itself after last year's quake, to oversee recovery efforts in Canterbury.
Christchurch school principals say they might not be able to implement the government's national standards properly because of the February earthquake.
About five thousand people have attended a vigil in memory of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake at London's Westminster Cathedral.
The amount of silt and sand collected following the Christchurch earthquake is now almost five times more than September's quake.
Geoff Robinson in Christchurch, where the Dean of Christchurch leads the observance of two minutes silence as a mark of rememberance for those lost in the quake.
Fears the Rugby World Cup could be relocated to Australia in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake are unfounded say tournament organisers.
Some Christchurch residents are angry they will have to wait almost three years before their severely earthquake damaged homes can be repaired.
Days after Christchurch was devastated by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, Simon Morton traverses the city, using the Avon River as his route, and finds everyone has a story to tell.
Students at Christchurch's Shirley Boys High School were upbeat about their return today to their old school, for the first time since the February earthquake.
The community of Lyttelton, severely cut off from Christchurch access routes during the earthquakes, is planning to become more self reliant.
The Attorney General, Chris Finlayson, says he'll reconsider funding legal representation for the families of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake.
The first one struck just before 2 this afternoon and measured 5 point 8 on the Richter scale, and was eight kilometres deep.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard the earthquake resilience of stairways in the Forsyth Barr building was compromised when they were installed.
A victim's family and engineers are seeking answers from the Christchurch City Council on why the earthquake-devastated CTV building was allowed to be built.
The Earthquake Commission is expected to face tough questioning when its handling of the Canterbury Earthquakes is reviewed early next year.
Disgruntled Christchurch red-zoners who want the government to rethink its policy on quake-damaged homes are backing Labour's Earthquake Recovery Package.
Heritage supporters are hoping that serious earthquake damage wrought upon Christchurch cemeteries will be repaired- but the issue of who funds that work remains unresolved.
The families of some Christchurch earthquake victims are angry disappointed the Government is refusing to pay for lawyers for them at the Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Thirty to fourty jobs are to go at the Christchurch department store, Ballantynes, because of earthquake damage to it's central city shop.