A long-time familiar face on regional television, mother-of-four Joanna May Giles was also known for high-adrenaline activities and even tried her hand at politics.

Nina Jane Bishop has been confirmed as one of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake.

All Christchurch houses will be assessed for damage over the next eight weeks in an EQC rapid assessment process. All homes will be ranked into categories of damage, then homeowners given a timeframe...

Te Taki (Wally) Tairakena, 60, was a teacher at the King's Education language school, which was based in the CTV building.

Emma Shaharudin, 35, worked for Perpetual Trust, which was located in the Pyne Gould Corporation building.

John Joseph O'Connor, from Abbeydorney in Ireland, died while working in the Pyne Gould Corporation building.

A proposed public walk-through of the devastated Christchurch city centre has been labelled "grotesque" and has raised concerns priority earthquake response work might be passed over.

Jewel Jose Francisco, 26, was one of a group of Filipino students studying English at King's Education in the CTV building.

Dr Husam Al-Ani's patients and friends have left online tributes to a man they say was an exemplary GP.

Andrew James Llewellyn Bishop - "Bish" - was supposed to give his sister away at her wedding.

A contractor has smashed through a major underground cable in Christchurch, leaving the southern suburbs on back-up power and nearly killing himself twice in the process.

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

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.