Paul Harper gets his first look inside Christchurch's stricken CBD - and is shocked by what he sees.

Devastation revealed during a police escorted tour of earthquake-damaged landmarks in Christchurch.

The Christchurch earthquake will knock gross domestic product growth back by 1.5 percentage points this year, but Treasury predicts a silver lining with 2012 bringing a sizeable boost to residential, commercial and infrastructure investment

Residents allowed into parts of Christchurch's central business district cordon today are being warned not to enter yellow-stickered buildings.

Recovery efforts at the Canterbury TV building have officially ended, with no further positive identifications. Usar workers have sifted through every piece of debris and are satisfied nothing more can be done, the Fire Service says.

Residents of the eastern suburbs of Christchurch have been praised for the fortitude their community has shown following the February 22 earthquake.

Owner of public relations company Communicate IT Shelley Grell has found the February quake has uncovered a fault of another sort altogether.

When he grew up he wanted to become a bus driver. But while riding the No. 3 bus into town on the day before his 15th birthday, to look for his birthday present, Jayden Andrews-Howland's dream was crushed by falling masonry.

The body of Janet Meller has probably been lying in the morgue at Burnham for 11 days - but her partner doesn't know for sure.

The Christchurch quake as turned some ordinary people into heroes, writes Kerre Woodham.

How do small businesses find premises?

People listen to each other over and over as they recall the stories of escape, of bravery, of fear.

Of all the emergency workers in Christchurch, these 16 police staff may have the worst job of all: identifying the broken bodies of the dead.

Television psychic Deb Webber claims she predicted the Christchurch earthquake - and says it won't be the last of the devastation.

Labour MP Lianne Dalziel's is a discordant voice at a time when few dare criticise the emergency response.