Reviving Christchurch is a job for Government, not Alan Bollard.

Christopher Patrick Smith, who died in the Christchurch earthquake shortly after dropping his son Dean at school, was remembered at his funeral as an adventurer, a fishing enthusiast and a joker.

Canadian woman Marielle Falardeau was on holiday in Christchurch and was due to fly out the day after the earthquake struck.

Police tonight named 12 more people who died in last month's Christchurch earthquake. Meanwhile, The people of Christchurch remain nervous about the future of rugby World Cup games in their earthquake-ravaged city.

Parliament has unanimously passed a bill creating a public holiday for the Christchurch earthquake commemoration, although some MPs think next Friday is too soon.

Limiting increases in rents in Christchurch would stop residents being hit by profiteering landlords, Labour deputy leader Annette King suggested today.

More than two weeks on from the earthquake that changed our second largest city forever, we recap the events that gripped the nation.

Police today released the names of six more people who died in Christchurch's February 22, magnitude 6.3 earthquake, while Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced 110 schools in the region will have reopened by next week.

Michael Stuart Coulter Styant, 41, worked in business development at Perpetual Trust Limited, which was situated in the Pyne Gould Corporation building.

Marion Isabella McKirdy Hilbers, 49, worked as the receptionist at medical practice The Clinic in the CTV building.

The Government is planning for 1000 temporary housing options such as cabins and motorhomes to be established in Christchurch over the next few weeks.

Workers caught up in last month's Christchurch earthquake may be eligible for emotional trauma compensation from ACC even if they weren't physically hurt.

Warnings about Christchurch's heritage buildings in a quake were given 15 years ago on TV.

Rachel Elizabeth Conley, 27, of the United States, had just left the Southern Ink tattoo shop on Colombo Street when the earthquake struck.

Kelly Lynn Maynard (nee Hlaca) had only just returned to work when she was killed in a collapsing building.

There were many unsung heroes during and after the Christchurch earthquake; the neighbour who shared food; strangers who offered lifts and a smile; the volunteer who knew where the nearest water supply was.