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Huge staff cuts at Grand Chancellor, Arts Centre
Almost 100 employees at the badly quake-damaged Hotel Grand Chancellor in Christchurch are to lose their jobs...
TV Pick of the week: What Now?
For 30 years Kiwi kids have grown up with the skits, competitions, and shenanigans of What Now?
'Safe corridors' planned in Christchurch
Civil Defence plans to create "safe corridors" to buildings within Christchurch's quake-ravaged central business district.
Police name seven more who died in quake
Police have named another seven victims of last month's Christchurch earthquake.
Elizabeth (Jane) Grant
Jane Grant, a nurse in her 50s, was working on level four of the CTV building when it collapsed.
Christchurch buildings demolished without owners' knowledge
More than 10 per cent of buildings demolished in Christchurch following last month's quake were levelled without the knowledge of their owners.
Robyn Malcolm's mum finds mystery quake hero
Bruised and battered earthquake survivor Anne Malcolm will finally get to meet her guardian angel.
Judgment Day? Yeah, right
That was Skeptics Society chair Vicki Hyde's response to billboards claiming the world will end on May 21.
Naon Hwan Yu
Naon Hwan Yu, 21, from South Korea, was a student at the King's Education language school in the CTV building.
Lin Lin Xu
Lin Lin Xu, 26, also known as Christina, was a student of the King's Education language school in the CTV building.
CTV host quake victim farewelled
Hundreds of Cantabrians have turned out to attend the funeral of former Canterbury TV host Jo Giles, who died in the February 22nd earthquake, while police have revealed one of their own was also a victim of the quake.
Mary Amantillo
Mary Louise Anne Bantillo Amantillo, 23, from the Philippines, sent a text message to her parents back in the Philippines as she lay trapped in the rubble of the CTV building.
Christchurch CBD business owners 'still in limbo'
A group of about 30 Christchurch business people protesting over not being allowed into their CBD businesses have met with Civil Defence officials this afternoon after angry protesters broke through the red zone cordons yesterday.
Tamara Harca
Tamara (Lia) Harca, was teaching her English language class at King's Education in the CTV building when the earthquake hit.
Civil Defence could have done more - Carter
Civil Defence could have communicated better with frustrated business owners in Christchurch, its minister John Carter says.
Psychological fears will drive shape of Christchurch's CBD
Real estate agency Bayleys Canterbury is predicting a broader but lower central business district will arise in Christchurch after last month's earthquake, while demand is expected to escalate for residential properties in more stable areas
Business owners rush cordon to get into buildings
About 120 Christchurch business owners stormed the inner-city cordon yesterday.
Programmes will be cut to pay for rebuild - Key
Some government programmes will be axed as budget spending is cut to pay for rebuilding Christchurch, Prime Minister John Key says.
Christchurch protesters risking their lives - police
People who force their way through cordons into Christchurch's quake-ravaged central business district (CBD) could be killed, police say.
Christchurch business owners' protest heats up
Protests from angry Christchurch business owners locked out of the damaged CBD have intensified today, with police physically intervening when several protesters went inside the cordon.