A star-studded line-up of Kiwi musicians will perform tomorrow in earthquake-hit Christchurch.

Reciever says he's not surprised the SFO is looking at certain loans.

Some Christchurch residents don't know when their land will be fixed or how they'll live meantime.

A seven-month-old girl died after a "profound episode of shaking" by either her mother or father, a Coroner has found.

Aftershocks have continued this afternoon after a magnitude 5.0 quake hit late this morning, causing panic, power outages and damage.

Civil Defence say today's 5.0 aftershock would have felt on the ground like a magnitude 7 quake.

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating five related party loans involving South Canterbury Finance made between 2005 and 2009.

The Crown has conceded there was a miscarriage of justice in the trial of a musician convicted of assaulting his son.

Demolition has begun on one of Christchurch's most famous buildings, Manchester Courts, which suffered irreversible damage during the massive September 4 earthquake.

The Serious Fraud Office has just announced it has launched an investigation into South Canterbury Finance.

A severe weather warning has been issued as heavy rain and gales are expected to hit areas across the country.

Canterbury's Dunsandel Store has published some of its famous recipes in a beautiful new cookbook.

Fletcher Construction will run the Earthquake Commission's (EQC) project management office to oversee the rebuild after the Canterbury earthquake, a contract worth around $1 billion.

A $1.3 billion offer for South Canterbury Finance appears to have been rejected after Treasury received advice that the deal was not necessarily the best one it could get.

Fletcher Building, expects the residential property market to pick up next year when rebuilding begins in Canterbury and the government's response to 'leaky homes' comes into effect.