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Skateboarders take to quake-hit streets on YouTube (watch video)
A group of Christchurch skateboarders have made the most of their city's devastated roads and pavements.
Nick Regos: Unified rebuild is the way to go
Nick Regos writes on tragedy and the urgent urban planning opportunity it offers.
Boxing: Sonny Bill sees a likely future in boxing ring
Sonny Bill Williams says he may turn his back on the oval ball codes for good.
Garth George: Courage needed to dig us out of worsening mire
Commitment and some sacrifices only way to fix growing social and economic problems.
Hiroko Tamano
Hiroko Tamano was in Kobe 15 years ago when a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck, killing 6400 people.
Weatherston appeal targets TVNZ
The judges in the Clayton Weatherston appeal have reserved their decision, rejecting his lawyer's claims about media coverage skewing the trial.
Couple's natural disaster-plagued honeymoon
Honeymoons aren't always easy for newlyweds, but six natural disasters?
Honeymooning couple attract disasters
A honeymooning pair claim to have run into not one, but six natural disasters as they followed their itinerary around the globe.
Temporary campervan rent affordable, says Brownlee
The minimum $190 per week rent for a Government-supplied campervan in earthquake-hit Christchurch is affordable, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
Car 'addiction' brings jail term
A 22-year-old man was sentenced on his 19th, 20th, and 21st charges of taking a motor vehicle, in the Christchurch District Court today.
English told quit over 'epic' SCF bill
Labour has called the Govt's revised $1.2b South Canterbury Finance bill a "disaster of epic proportions", saying Finance Minister Bill English "grossly mishandled" the situation and should resign as a result.
Earthquake bill so far: $1.1 billion
Prime Minister John Key said the Government has more spending to come, pointing at an EQC net cost estimate of $1.5b for the latest quake.
Magnitude 4 aftershock hits Christchurch
The quake struck at 2.23pm, 10km east of Christchurch at a depth of 10km, GNS Science said.
Crash downs power lines in south Canterbury
A crash involving a truck and a car has downed power lines on State Highway 1 in south Canterbury.
Earthquake death toll hits 170
Police have named a woman who died in Christchurch's February 22 earthquake, bringing the total of number of names released to 170.
Quake-damaged church to be demolished
The congregation of St Paul's Trinity Pacific Church on Cashel St have come to accept the reality - their 135-year-old church is no more.
Sth Canterbury loans cost Govt extra $331m
The government's finances have taken a $331 million hit, largely due to problems recovering money from failed South Canterbury Finance's tangled set of related party loans.