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.

If you want Christmas Day to really be a holiday, book yourself into a restaurant and let the staff do all the work.

New Zealand is moving towards its own style of festive feast - and seafood's at the fore.

Ten arrests were made at the Christmas in the Park concert in Christchurch last night after a youth was stabbed and a police officer hospitalised.

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.

New Zealand's road to the 2012 London Olympic begins in Adelaide this weekend at the Oceania track championships.

Some hotels are charging three times their normal rate for rooms during this week's U2 concerts.

Giant experiment is already providing real return for NZ, says physicist.

A Christchurch hotel is charging $2400 a night for rooms during the World Cup quarter-finals - about 14 times the usual rate.