
Devastating aftermath of fires
Photos of the aftermath as scrub fires destroyed cars, farms and properties near Prebbleton in Christchurch.
Photos of the aftermath as scrub fires destroyed cars, farms and properties near Prebbleton in Christchurch.
The building sector has taken off and Canterbury earthquake repairs are one of its biggest drivers.
The number of consents issued for new homes continued a 20-month growth trend by rising again in November, show figures out today.
A twenty-year-old who was missing for 24 hours on a mountain battered by severe storms has been found "walking, talking and cold", police say.
The aftershocks have all but stopped, but few in Christchurch dare mention the easing of the earth's fury.
A 15-year-old Christchurch schoolboy drowned when his family misread a sign, assuming that because it showed a person swimming it meant the river was safe.
A High Court order enforcing the exhumation of a Christchurch man's body might be needed to finally return his body to his partner, after it was taken to Bay of Plenty.
Denise Clarke is overwhelmed that the fight to have the body of her partner returned is over after it was taken by his family to be buried with his ancestors.
The family of a man, who was buried in a place against his partner's wishes has lost a five-year legal battle to have his body buried with his ancestors, the Supreme Court has ruled.
A proposal for a major new sports hub at Canterbury Agricultural Park, Wigram, is being looked at by the city council to help sports badly hit by the earthquakes.
A coroner has recommended that the Government review its safety messages around gas appliances in caravans.
A petition signed by more than 11,000 Canterbury teachers calling for the Government's plans for the future of education in Christchurch to be stopped has been delivered.
Lessons will be learned, future lives saved, but for families of Canterbury Television building earthquake victims there will never be closure.
A series of errors over 20 years led to the catastrophic collapse of the CTV building in the second major Christchurch quake, a Royal Commission has found.
Families of Canterbury Television building collapse victims have welcomed the findings of a royal commission into the building's collapse.
All non-residential buildings and high-rise, multi-unit apartments in NZ will be assessed for earthquake risk and the results made public under new proposals.
There's been a surprisingly big jump in building activity, with the biggest quarterly gain in the past ten years, driven by construction work in Canterbury and the upper North Island.
A four wheel drive enthusiast has described stumbling across the charred human remains of North Canterbury resident Shane Malcolm Bell in a burnt out car.