A star-studded line-up of Kiwi musicians will perform tomorrow in earthquake-hit Christchurch.

Some Christchurch residents don't know when their land will be fixed or how they'll live meantime.

The demolition of an earthquake-ravaged historic building has begun despite an outcry from heritage campaigners.

Aftershocks have continued this afternoon after a magnitude 5.0 quake hit late this morning, causing panic, power outages and damage.

Civil Defence say today's 5.0 aftershock would have felt on the ground like a magnitude 7 quake.

Demolition has begun on one of Christchurch's most famous buildings, Manchester Courts, which suffered irreversible damage during the massive September 4 earthquake.

A pioneer homestead shattered by the Canterbury earthquake is to be pulled down.

Fletcher Construction will run the Earthquake Commission's (EQC) project management office to oversee the rebuild after the Canterbury earthquake, a contract worth around $1 billion.

Another aftershock has hit Christchurch late this afternoon.