Joseph Stuart Routledge (Stuart), 74, was with his wife Lucy on a bus when the earthquake struck.

Missing people are still being reported nearly two weeks after the Christchurch earthquake, police say.

Friends say Ofer Binyamin Mizrahi, a 22-year-old Israeli backpacker, died after debris fell on the car he was in when the magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit on February 22, 2011.

Wai Fong Lau died when her house collapsed in the earthquake.

Ian Neville Caldwell was a builder and was working on a site in Sumner when the earthquake struck.

Dr Dominic Joseph Gerard Bell, 45, worked for The Clinic, a general practice in the CTV building.

Structural engineers should work with conservation architects and architectural historians to ensure that no quake-damaged heritage buildings in Christchurch are demolished in haste, a heritage campaigner says.

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the focus on heritage buildings after the devastating earthquake in Christchurch is 'unacceptable' at a time when thousands of residents' lives have been disrupted.

Events in Christchurch give reason to ask if our phone networks are tough enough.

Lisa Patricia Willems, 43, was last seen at a BMW car yard in Manchester Street in Christchurch's CBD.

Preparing for the worst and cloud-based systems both pay off for Christchurch tech firms.

Police have today released 15 further names of victims from last month's Christchurch earthquake. The toll from the deadly 6.3 quake that hit on February 22 is currently 166.

The Christchurch earthquake will knock gross domestic product growth back by 1.5 percentage points this year, but Treasury predicts a silver lining with 2012 bringing a sizeable boost to residential, commercial and infrastructure investment

Residents allowed into parts of Christchurch's central business district cordon today are being warned not to enter yellow-stickered buildings.

Recovery efforts at the Canterbury TV building have officially ended, with no further positive identifications. Usar workers have sifted through every piece of debris and are satisfied nothing more can be done, the Fire Service says.

People in Christchurch's neglected eastern suburbs tell us what they most need after the earthquake.

Residents of the eastern suburbs of Christchurch have been praised for the fortitude their community has shown following the February 22 earthquake.

It never ceases to amaze me how much better beer is becoming in New Zealand.

The chances of the Crusaders playing a home game at Eden Park is now more a probability than a possibility.

For years, the spirit of the Crusaders has been unbreakable.

The Christchurch boy killed a day before his 15th birthday when the earthquake struck has been farewelled.

A large aftershock has hit quake-weary Christchurch this evening, with fears it may have caused more damage.