Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Matty Beaumont was equally at home.

Fresh journalism graduate Rhys Brookbanks was in his first weeks of work when the earthquake struck.

Teresa McLean, 40, worked as a nurse at The Clinic, a medical centre in the CTV building and died when it collapsed in the earthquake.

Father-of-two Owen Morris Wright survived the initial earthquake of February 22, 2011, but was tragically killed in a rock fall during an aftershock near his home several hours later.

The Canterbury SPCA has taken in more than 150 pets from people displaced by the earthquake and has promised to care for them until they can be taken back.

A distraught wife has left her husband after telling him he did not pick her up quickly enough after the earthquake.

Christchurch's devastating 6.3 earthquake is thought to have been caused by the rupturing of a single fault.

Adrian Marsh thought he was dead after he was crushed by slabs of concrete when the Smiths City carpark collapsed around him.

Christchurch can be rebuilt in a way that buildings would withstand very strong earthquakes in the future, Prime Minister John Key says.

Thousands of Christchurch's 350,000 inhabitants have left in droves, flying, driving, even walking away, with no plans to return any time soon.

Emotion is fine but cool heads are needed for Christchurch's rebuilding, writes Chris Rattue.

Trapped in excruciating pain for hours while pinned under a concrete wall, Brian Coker wanted a "decent aftershock to finish it". Instead, the 52-year-old says his wife saved by alerting rescue teams to his plight.

New Zealand could make much greater use of satellite images, says Southland group.

In her last moments in the CTV building receptionist Dian Falconer prayed. Knowing that made her loss a little easier to bear, daughter Tere-moana Wilson said.

John Key indicated last night that Earthquake Commission levies could triple because of the damage caused by the Christchurch earthquake.