Kenny Rao gets a second shot at proposing today after fearing his $27,000 engagement ring was lost in the Christchurch earthquake.

Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne will miss two NRL matches after he accepted the early guilty plea on his headbutting charge today.

Authorities in quake-damaged Christchurch are looking to get the city's tourism industry back on track with a new "roadmap to recovery".

New Zealand's wedding gift to Prince William and Catherine Middleton will be a $10,000 donation to the Christchurch Earthquake appeal.

Malcolm George Chaston has been sentenced to preventive detention for murdering Christchurch woman Vanessa Anne Pickering, whose body was found down a bank near Christchurch's Godley Head more than a year ago.

Christchurch's CTV will be back on air tonight for the first time since February's earthquake.

All details relating to an incident for which a woman faced two serious charges were suppressed at a sitting of Christchurch District Court in Rangiora today.

Charlotte Randall is a Christchurch-based author whose latest novel, Hokitika Town (Penguin, $30), is on the best-seller list.

Julie Kathryn Wong, 37, died when the Pyne Gould Guinness building collapsed during the earthquake.

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after she and two children were hospitalised with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning early this morning. She will appear in court on Monday.

Of all the small tragedies that followed the big one in Christchurch, perhaps one of the most keenly felt losses for the hospitality trade was the cancellation of Dramfest.

National and Labour buried their differences and pledged to work together to rebuild Christchurch after Parliament passed legislation granting unprecedented powers to authorities responsible for getting the job done.

Another 123 buildings in Christchurch have been approved by Civil Defence for demolition or partial demolition - or are required to be made safe, bringing the total to 307.