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Joanna Didham
Joanna Clare Didham, 35, died when the CTV building, where she had worked for the past 13 years, collapsed in the earthquake.

Earthquake memorial date named
The date for a National Memorial Service to honor victims of the Christchurch earthquake has been named. The service, which will be held in North Hagley Park, is being organised by the Christchurch City Council and the Visits and Ceremonial

Maureen Fletcher
Maureen Valerie Fletcher, 75, was confirmed as a victim of the earthquake on March 6.

Lucy Routledge
Lucy Routledge, 74, was with her husband Joseph (known as Stuart) on a bus when the earthquake struck.

Joseph (Stuart) Routledge
Joseph Stuart Routledge (Stuart), 74, was with his wife Lucy on a bus when the earthquake struck.

Missing still being reported - police
Missing people are still being reported nearly two weeks after the Christchurch earthquake, police say.

Ofer Mizrahi
Friends say Ofer Binyamin Mizrahi, a 22-year-old Israeli backpacker, died after debris fell on the car he was in when the magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit on February 22, 2011.

Ian Caldwell
Ian Neville Caldwell was a builder and was working on a site in Sumner when the earthquake struck.

Dominic Bell
Dr Dominic Joseph Gerard Bell, 45, worked for The Clinic, a general practice in the CTV building.

Haste 'biggest enemy of heritage'
Structural engineers should work with conservation architects and architectural historians to ensure that no quake-damaged heritage buildings in Christchurch are demolished in haste, a heritage campaigner says.

No desire to bulldoze Christchurch - Brownlee
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the focus on heritage buildings after the devastating earthquake in Christchurch is 'unacceptable' at a time when thousands of residents' lives have been disrupted.

London earthquake gig a sell-out success
A freezing London night didn't dampen the spirits of Kiwis with thoughts of home, writes Stephen Jewell

Lisa Willems
Lisa Patricia Willems, 43, was last seen at a BMW car yard in Manchester Street in Christchurch's CBD.

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Backup plans a saviour when it all falls down
Preparing for the worst and cloud-based systems both pay off for Christchurch tech firms.

15 more earthquake victims named
Police have today released 15 further names of victims from last month's Christchurch earthquake. The toll from the deadly 6.3 quake that hit on February 22 is currently 166.

Treasury: Rebuild to cost up to $15b
The Christchurch earthquake will knock gross domestic product growth back by 1.5 percentage points this year, but Treasury predicts a silver lining with 2012 bringing a sizeable boost to residential, commercial and infrastructure investment

Residents warned not to take risks within cordon
Residents allowed into parts of Christchurch's central business district cordon today are being warned not to enter yellow-stickered buildings.