Despite Gerry Brownlee's best PR spin, everything is not going swimmingly in Christchurch, writes blogger James Dann.

Life in post-disaster Christchurch is continuing to improve, according to a new survey which has found three-quarters of residents say life is good.

As more people upgrade to smartphones there are growing fears that constant availability for work will destroy work-life balance.

A rally against proposed Christchurch school closures and mergers is planned this afternoon following Hekia Parata's controversial education plans for the area.

Nearly two years on from the February 22 earthquake, fashion label World is finally returning to Christchurch.

The five year schedule for the rebuild of Christchurch's earthquake-damaged roads and underground services was released 7 September 2012. The plan includes a map setting out indicative timeframes for infrastructure repairs in different areas of the city. The work has been prioritised based on a range of factors, with the aim being to first fix the worst-affected areas that impact on the most people. courtesy YouTube/cerachch

A time-lapse video showing how post-quake Christchurch's cityscape changed last year has been released by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has released a video showing time-lapse photography of the Christchurch Central Business District taken between 1 February 2012 and 31 January 2013. Shot from the roof of HSBC Tower on Worcester Boulevard, the video depicts changes to the CBD landscape looking out towards Cathedral Square.

Christchurch city councillors have been warned that the cost of fixing quake damaged underground infrastructure could be much more than originally thought.

Expert earthquake engineers will be trained in Christchurch to help with the $30 billion rebuild, it was announced today.

The Government today reaffirmed its commitment to driving the unparalleled $30 billion rebuild of post-earthquake Christchurch.

Christchurch's Cindy Gibb made a deal with her husband - one day she'd be able to travel the world to places where nursing skills were in short supply and work.

A man posing as an earthquake contractor will appear in court next month accused of raiding red-zoned houses in the hard-hit eastern suburbs of Christchurch.

Canterbury property owners with earthquake-damaged land are likely to share some $2 billion in payouts as the Earthquake Commission gears up to settle land claims.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague lands in Christchurch today and has made touring the quake-battered inner city red zone a priority.