The Ellerslie Flower Show is returning to Christchurch, despite the February 22 quake.

Christchurch City Council's holding company has had its credit rating downgraded. Standard and Poor's has dropped the rating from AA+ to...

62 parties have expressed interest in making submissions to the inquiry into why so many buildings were destroyed by the Canterbury earthquakes.

Although there is still some sensitivity within Pentagon, PM says the idea makes sense.

Today the Weekend Herald salutes the winners of the annual Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards, which honour one of the country's greatest leaders, the late Sir Peter Blake.

AMI, Christchurch's largest residential insurer, could be uninsured as soon as Friday as officials scramble to put reinsurance in place in the event of a fourth quake.

Taxpayers would pay most of the cost of repairing future earthquake damage to uninsured Christchurch infrastructure, a spokesman for Finance Minister Bill English says.

The actual physical rebuild of Christchurch won't be complex but will remain frustratingly on hold until the aftershocks come to an end, says Fletcher Building CEO Jonathan Ling.

60pc of buildings in Christchurch red zone could face demolition.

A new hell has dawned on thousands of Cantabrians - they're trapped in a liquefied limbo-land and cannot leave quake-ravaged Christchurch even if they want to. For many, the devastating earthquake double-whammy...

Sizable aftershocks are continuing to shake Christchurch today, as the Prime Minister says authorities need time to sort out what parts of the city will be abandoned due to quake damage.