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'A sad day for Phillipstown'
Some Christchurch families are shattered after learning the Ministry of Education was closing their beloved schools as part of the $1 billion city schools shake-up.
Christchurch schools learn their fates
Seven Christchurch schools will be closed and six will be merged from next year, Education Minister Hekia Parata has confirmed.
Magnitude 3.5 earthquake shakes Christchurch
Christchurch was shaken awake by a magnitude 3.5 earthquake this morning.
Housing seen as biggest risk to NZ economy
Auckland's 'frothy' housing market poses the biggest risk to the economy's strengthening recovery, the Institute of Economic Research says.
Demand for free law service skyrockets
Post-earthquake demand for free legal service at Community Law Canterbury has skyrocketed, making the legal centre the biggest of its kind in the country.
Students still fleeing quake campus
More Canterbury high school leavers are moving south to the University of Otago, with the fallout from the earthquakes continuing to play a part in where people choose to study.
Chch rebuild workers test positive for drugs
Seven workers were banned from the central city rebuild in March after returning positive drug tests.
Quake claims by the trunkload
Meet the carboot lawyer who wings in and out of Christchurch with a huge caseload on behalf of desperate quake-struck homeowners.
Brownlee shares Obama fame
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee can claim to share fame with American President Barack Obama.
Taxi crisis plagues quake-damaged Chch
A lack of taxis in some parts of Christchurch is causing major problems for evening revellers trying to get home safely.
Red zone owners have 'no choice'
Forty angry red zone property owners who have launched a legal battle over Government compensation say they have been left with no choice.
Mental health concerns for Christchurch
Anti-depressant prescribing in Christchurch is at an all-time high and there are "grave concerns" for the ongoing psychological struggles of the city's residents.
Police forget to pay rent
Police have admitted "dropping the ball" by failing to pay more than $5000 in rent to a tiny Christchurch community group run by volunteers and war veterans.
Quake stress a valid reason for late legal filing - Court
The psychological impact of the Canterbury earthquake has been accepted by the Employment Court as a valid reason for a lawyer filing legal documents several weeks late.
Three options for new look cathedral
Campaigners for the restoration of the Christchurch Cathedral are "thrilled" that rebuilding the earthquake-damaged church remains on the table.
Only 30pc of NZ prepared for emergency
After the Canterbury earthquakes only 30 per cent of New Zealanders are prepared at home for an emergency and a Civil Defence report says there is little evidence on how prepared businesses are.
PM: Privacy breaches are inevitable
John Key says privacy breaches like the two revealed in one week at the EQC are inevitable, and they are a result of human error, not systemic failure.
D-day for Christchurch red-zone owners
Some Christchurch residents with land in the red zone are calling in the Human Rights Commission as a deadline looms for a Government buy-out offer.
Disabled Kiwis left behind by quake plans
Large parts of the country's building stock will be off-limits for disabled people under a proposal to trim the cost of upgrading thousands of earthquake-prone buildings, advocacy groups have warned.
Freezing of EQC's email 'unprecedented'
The government's freezing of EQC's email system is unprecedented for an entire organisation, an IT expert says.