COMMENT: The Cathedral has been left to rot for the past six years, six years too long.

Office worker changes plea in theft case.

Christchurch's Bishop Victoria Mathews called an emergency media standup in Cathedral Square this afternoon to refute Gerry Brownlee's claims this week of a $25 million deal to restore the church.

It is too soon to say how the earthquake recovery costs will impact on any tax-cut plans by National, says the Finance Minister.

Official documents have revealed for the first time what contributed to the convention centre deal between the Government and Plenary Conventions NZ.

It's not only the little guy who struggles with EQC and insurance companies over earthquake repairs. Former mayor Garry Moore battles on too.

An exodus of workers is becoming a problem for major infrastructure projects in Christchurch, with less than 3 months until SCIRT wraps up.

Come November 5, more than 9000 people will head to the domain to watch, take part and enjoy the The Hororata Highland Games - the largest in NZ.

The city council is busy negotiating with an insurer again - this time over the town hall.

A rebuild firm that is trying to repair and restore the historic Peterborough Apartments has taken its insurance company to court.

Trams are back up and running along Christchurch's historic New Regent Street. Barriers had been in place since the Valentine's Day earthquake so assessments and repairs could be carried out on some businesses. This means the tram can travel the full loop from Canterbury Museum to Cathedral Junction

Aucklanders are being pushed out of their own housing market and are responsible for one in five house sales in cities including Hamilton, Whangarei and Tauranga.

COMMENT: While the Government has signalled it's time for Christchurch to enter its regeneration phase, I'm not sure Cantabrians are ready for that, writes Rachel Smalley.

A petition calling for the government to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Canterbury earthquake repairs has been presented to Labour Leader Andrew Little this morning.

One of the last residents of a Red Zone area in Christchurch is moving on, breaking a 132-year family connection to the land.

Mike Hosking says Christchurch has travelled the most remarkable journey and made incredible advances since the February 22, 2011 quake.

The report gave the programme a red rating, and said it was highly likely to need more money.

Tower, the general insurer, posted an annual loss as it prepares for more expensive claims from the Canterbury spate of earthquakes

The homeowners, known as the EQC Action Group, are seeking three sets of declarations from the court around EQC's interpretation of the EQC Act.

A giant Chinese company has today revealed plans to raise a fund to help with post-earthquake Christchurch's rebuild.

Construction firm chief does damage control after suggesting that builders who carried out shoddy repair work on quake damaged homes had "gone back to Ireland".

If you look hard enough, a kind of not strictly illegal, but let's say, fudging, of due process appears, writes Dita De Boni.

Restoring all but one of the 23 Arts Centre of Christchurch heritage buildings damaged in the earthquakes is a multimillion-dollar project requiring years of time.

The rebuild has represented a large, if tragic, boost to demand, equivalent to nearly a fifth of a year's output for the New Zealand economy.

Some people working to rebuild Christchurch have been exposed to high levels of a chemical compound linked to lung disease and other health hazards.