Fire crews in Christchurch are inspecting buildings damaged by today's series of aftershocks.

Reports and photos of the magnitude 4.9 earthquake from Twitter and Facebook.

Photos after the 4.9 magnitude aftershock in Canterbury on December 26.

English confident of return to surplus, but spending limits will have to stay.

Canterbury's massive earthquake and aftershocks are likely to rank as the fifth most costly quake ever for insurers.

More than 80 per cent of Christchurch households have filed insurance claims for the Canterbury quake.

Communication with Canterbury quake victims could have been better, the Earthquake Commission said today.

When the earthquake-rattled people of Christchurch were in need, Suresh Patel stepped up.

2010 can only described as an annus calamitosus [disastrous year] for the New Zealand family.

A banker says the total cost of damage from the Canterbury earthquake will be nearly a billion dollar higher than Government estimates.

The Earthquake Commission's stage two report shows thousands of homes need to be demolished or repaired following September's Canterbury Earthquake.

Canterbury's wineries are slowly bouncing back from September's earthquake.

Plasma televisions, 45 Apple iPads and laptop computers are among the quake-damaged goods going to auction this weekend.