Latest fromChristchurch Earthquake: Five years on
Historic unmarked graves to be exhumed
Drybread, near Omakau, was established in the early 1860s.
Local Focus: Napier demolition the largest 'in living memory'
Napier Civic Building to be demolished. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Families worry over fate of CTV quake rubble
More anguish lies ahead for families of the 115 people killed in the collapse of the CTV building - this time over what is done with the rubble.
Cost of rebuilding Christchurch homes rising
Since the earthquakes, the cost of building new homes in Canterbury has risen by nearly 40 per cent.
NZ Herald Focus: 18 April 2016
Aucklanders are being pushed out of their own housing market and are responsible for one in five house sales in cities including Hamilton, Whangarei and Tauranga.
Rachel Smalley: Too soon for Christchurch regeneration
COMMENT: While the Government has signalled it's time for Christchurch to enter its regeneration phase, I'm not sure Cantabrians are ready for that, writes Rachel Smalley.
The Big Read: Last on the land
One of the last residents of a Red Zone area in Christchurch is moving on, breaking a 132-year family connection to the land.
The girl who survived against all odds
On February 22, 2011, 178 children lost a parent. To mark six years since NZ's darkest day, the Herald honours the children of the Christchurch quake.
Watch: Christchurch earthquake memorial service
A civic memorial service was held in Christchurch to commemorate the 185 people that died during the February 2011 earthquake.
Arrest after muck tipped over Brownlee
A 41-year-old man has been charged with assault for allegedly throwing muck over Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee.
Govt 'committed' to fixing Chch insurance issues
The Prime Minister is promising Christchurch his Government wants to see outstanding insurance wrangles in the city fixed.
Barry Soper: Quake shows how vulnerable we all are
The incredible thing about significant events is that most of us remember what we were doing and where we were when they happened, writes Barry Soper.
Silence for Christchurch: NZ remembers
New Zealand pays respects on fifth anniversary of Christchurch.
Interactive: Every quake since the big one
INTERACTIVE: Christchurch hit with more than 10,000 quakes since 2011
Tears flow at CTV building site
Loved ones of those who died are sticking close to each other as they lay flowers at the site of the greatest loss of life during the 2011 February quake.
Mike's Minute: Christchurch - better every day
Mike Hosking says Christchurch has travelled the most remarkable journey and made incredible advances since the February 22, 2011 quake.
The 15yo who gave birth during quake
As she lay in the hospital bed, bracing for emergency surgery, Kim Haugh was already petrified. And then the shaking began.
Deadly 2011 quake: Before and after pics
Five years after a shallow, savage earthquake flattened Christchurch, the story of its central business district is a "tale of two cities".
CTV building: Families await justice
The 2011 collapse of Christchurch's CTV building was one of the worst engineering failures in NZ history. Five years on, families are still waiting for justice.
A personal journey of rediscovery
Five years after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in his city of birth, Phil Taylor went back to see how those he met had fared.
Christchurch dilemma: Go or stay put?
Cantabrians wrestled with this question after the February 2011 earthquake.
Chris Lynch: Quake rebuild needs to look at its priorities
You can't deny the so-called 'feel good factor' a stadium might bring to a community. But should rate payers be responsible for paying for a facility that could be under-utilised, writes Chris Lynch.
Explore Christchurch's eerie red-zone
The land deemed as red-zone in the aftermath of the deadly 2011 Christchurch earthquake has deteriorated from a quake-shattered suburbia to a lifeless landscape.