Canterbury tourism officials say the best way people can help is to keep bookings they have made and continue visiting the region.

Business owners in central Christchurch are anxious about their shops being sealed away from customers behind cordons a week after the earthquake.

Dairy owner Suresh Patel was one of the quiet heroes of the Christchurch earthquake. We talk to him.

Bart Visscher, co-founder of software company Emendo, has had his business tested on several fronts by the Canterbury earthquake.

Children try to come to terms with the fear as they return to school.

Evert and Maruschke Barnard with their daughter Dianthe, who was born during the earthquake. Photo / Alan Gibson

Outrageous Fortune stars lifted the spirits of exhausted linesmen who have been working non-stop trying to reconnect power to quake-hit Christchurch.

Waimakariri residents are being warned of burglars posing as bogus insurance agents to case homes hit by Saturday's earthquake.

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake turned buildings into rubble, sent brick chimneys through roofs and knocked homes off their foundations - so how did no-one die?

The mayor of Christchurch says developers built on land that could turn into 'murky soup' after an earthquake, despite opposition from the council.