The quake struck at 2.23pm, 10km east of Christchurch at a depth of 10km, GNS Science said.

Police have named a woman who died in Christchurch's February 22 earthquake, bringing the total of number of names released to 170.

The congregation of St Paul's Trinity Pacific Church on Cashel St have come to accept the reality - their 135-year-old church is no more.

The government's finances have taken a $331 million hit, largely due to problems recovering money from failed South Canterbury Finance's tangled set of related party loans.

The Christchurch City Council has met for the first time since last month's quake, with Mayor Bob Parker saying the city "will have fight for its place in the sun again"...

A new department will focus on Christchurch's recovery from its devastating earthquake but concerns are already being raised that locals will not have enough of a say as Wellington bureaucrats make calls on how to go ahead.

A high profile property investor who was able to hire a crane to get car keys and clothes from his 13th floor penthouse has angered central Christchurch business owners...

It's been an exhausting week for members of the Charlatan Society.

The central North Island has been shaken by an earthquake this morning.

A "worst-case scenario" tsunami for Auckland would swamp the Viaduct and make Devonport an island, a council report shows.

Police are half way through recovering thousands of cars from the Christchurch central business district devastated by the February 22 earthquake.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Chancellor, George Osborne, this week delivered a Budget that was unambiguous in backing business to lead the nation out of the economic doldrums.

More than 510 businesses, or 2000 people, have been granted access to buildings within the cordoned area.