Specially trained staff from Fonterra have joined the recovery effort in Christchurch city centre.

Police have today released 15 further names of victims from last month's Christchurch earthquake. The toll from the deadly 6.3 quake that hit on February 22 is currently 166.

Residents allowed into parts of Christchurch's central business district cordon today are being warned not to enter yellow-stickered buildings.

Recovery efforts at the Canterbury TV building have officially ended, with no further positive identifications. Usar workers have sifted through every piece of debris and are satisfied nothing more can be done, the Fire Service says.

People in Christchurch's neglected eastern suburbs tell us what they most need after the earthquake.

Residents of the eastern suburbs of Christchurch have been praised for the fortitude their community has shown following the February 22 earthquake.

Christchurch was last night slammed by its biggest aftershock since the day of the devastating February 22 earthquake.

The Christchurch quake as turned some ordinary people into heroes, writes Kerre Woodham.

People listen to each other over and over as they recall the stories of escape, of bravery, of fear.

Of all the emergency workers in Christchurch, these 16 police staff may have the worst job of all: identifying the broken bodies of the dead.

Television psychic Deb Webber claims she predicted the Christchurch earthquake - and says it won't be the last of the devastation.

Labour MP Lianne Dalziel's is a discordant voice at a time when few dare criticise the emergency response.

The Christchurch boy killed a day before his 15th birthday when the earthquake struck has been farewelled.

A large aftershock has hit quake-weary Christchurch this evening, with fears it may have caused more damage.