Christchurch earthquake: Day 7 at a glance

Key details on day seven of the Christchurch earthquake:

* The death toll has risen to 148. Police have named two more people confirmed dead. They are Natasha Sarah Hadfield, 38, from Kaiapoi and Owen Morris Wright, 40, from Lyttelton had died.

* A health warning has been issued for Christchurch as bad weather is expected to stir up thousands of tonnes of silt and dust dislodged by last Tuesday's earthquake. Mayor Bob Parker says high strength winds expected to hit the city today could fill the air with the 180,000 tonnes of silt.The material could affect people's respiratory systems, he says.

* Cabinet will today discuss a package to assist with the immediate recovery from last Tuesday's earthquake, such as an extension of the $350 subsidy a week per worker put in place after the September quake.

* Prime Minister John Key has said that Christchurch will be rebuilt to withstand future earthquakes. Mr Key says some of the more modern buildings in the CBD survived last week's earthquake relatively unscathed and gave a "flavour" of what the rebuilt city would look like.

* More than 50,000 Christchurch residents have left from the airport alone in the days since the earthquake. Christchurch airport chief executive Jim Boult said as many as 32,000 people left over Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.