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.
The inquest into the deaths of over a hundred of February's earthquake victims will get underway in Christchurch today.
Two weeks ago government scientists warned there was almost a one in four chance of a magnitude six to seven earthquake striking Canterbury within a year.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's manager of demolitions, Warwick Isaacs.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is leading the government's response to the latest round of earthquakes.
Thousands in Christchurch still without power and water supply after yesterday's earthquakes and the government will soon decide which suburbs must be abandoned.
Many people in this city are, yet again, cleaning up after a major earthquake. An increasing number of householders, especially in the badly hit eastern suburbs, say they're close to hanging up their spades and shipping out.
For the latest on the damage caused by Monday's earthquakes, we're joined by the Christchurch City Council's water and waste unit manager, Mark Christison.
Head of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Roger Sutton is in our Christchurch studio .
The insurance industry says overseas insurers have become wary of New Zealand after Monday's earthquakes in Christchurch and higher premiums across the country are now almost inevitable.
The Catholic basilica in Christchurch was further damaged in Monday's earthquake making its demolition all but inevitable.
In Christchurch power is back on for all but a small number of customers after Monday's earthquakes, but the city council is warning it could be six months before water supplies return to normal.
The man who heads California's earthquake insurance agency says Christchurch is much better placed to recover from earthquake devastation than his state.
They were world - famous in Hororata and now the aftermath of last year's devastating earthquake has forced the Canterbury town's pub to give up the secret of its crowd pleasing pie recipe.