James Murdoch stood with his arms folded and watched grimly as years of hard work was torn down in front of him.

More than 300 elderly people have been moved from quake-damaged residential care centres in Christchurch, some without the knowledge of their families, Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) has admitted.

Christchurch-based band The Eastern are about to tour makeshift backyard stages in the city's quake-hit suburbs.

Face masks are being handed out as strong wind gusts lift tonnes of dust as high as lamp posts and spread the smell of sewage around Christchurch.

Television personality Jason Gunn says his phone has been running hot and a website inundated with offers to adopt Christchurch families badly affected by last week's devastating earthquake.

Jayden Andrews-Howland, of Aranui was heading into town when the earthquake struck a day before his 15th birthday.

Police have officially released the names of three more victims of last Tuesday's devastating earthquake in Christchurch.

Refugees have left Christchurch in their droves.

A time frame's been put on the expected length of rescue operations at some of Christchurch's worst-affected buildings.

There have been 22 cases of gastroenteritis since the Christchurch earthquake.

Workers at the devastated Pyne Gould Corporation building in central Christchurch paused work early this morning for an emotional karakia, police say.

Execs to brief international investors on damage to firm's Canterbury operations.

The devoted wife of a soldier is among the missing in the rubble at the Christchurch Cathedral.

Christchurch people are being warned to wear face masks to avoid breathing in earthquake debris dust expected in winds of up to 70km/hr.

One of the men charged with looting after the earthquake is autistic and has a mental disability that compels him to steal light fittings.

Chris Liddell writes on the future of philanthropy and how we can get involved.

As well as the earthquake's human toll, Christchurch's retail heart has been particularly hard hit by the earthquake.

Search teams in the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Forsyth Barr, CTV and PGC buildings are facing a variety of challenges in trying to secure the buildings.

Petrol and diesel prices are on the up - but not in Christchurch.

The Christchurch earthquake has delayed the preliminary hearing of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into last year's Pike River Coal mine disaster, which claimed the lives of 29 men.

Hundreds of mourners have farewelled young father Jaime Gilbert and paid tribute to the selfless actions of two men who tried to save him.

The owners of the Canterbury Television (CTV) building are welcoming a government inquiry into why the building collapsed in the Christchurch quake.

A labour of love is taking shape as the employees of Christchurch earthquake victim Owen Wright craft his coffin from the timbers he loved to turn.