Applications for financial support following last week's deadly Christchurch quake are flooding in.

Adventurer and wild man Bear Grylls, in New Zealand filming an episode of his television series, has paid tribute to the Kiwi spirit.

A week on from the quake, Christchurch people tell their stories to Christchurch Star reporters...

Blogger Peter Hyde says there are now three cities within earthquake-hit Christchurch, and one of them - where many people live - is being neglected by the media.

Canterbury DHB chief executive David Meates has invoked memories of Hurricane Katrina to justify evacuating hundreds of elderly out of the Christchurch in the wake of last week's earthquake.

John Key says his "strong preference" is to hold Rugby World Cup games in Christchurch, and says it's still possible if AMI Stadium is fit for matches.

Temporary toilets are deemed assets of importance so Civil Defence has to co-ordinate where they are placed in quake-hit Christchurch.

The Accident Compensation Corporation's bill from the Christchurch earthquake has been put at $370 million, says ACC Minister Nick Smith.

James Murdoch stood with his arms folded and watched grimly as years of hard work was torn down in front of him.

Christchurch-based band The Eastern are about to tour makeshift backyard stages in the city's quake-hit suburbs.

Face masks are being handed out as strong wind gusts lift tonnes of dust as high as lamp posts and spread the smell of sewage around Christchurch.

Police have officially released the names of three more victims of last Tuesday's devastating earthquake in Christchurch.

Workers at the devastated Pyne Gould Corporation building in central Christchurch paused work early this morning for an emotional karakia, police say.

In her heart Holly White knew nobody could survive a four-storey building of bricks, concrete and steel falling on top of them.

At 12.51pm yesterday people emerged from homes next to the shattered remains of a row of shops in Merivale and dropped into silence.

The devoted wife of a soldier is among the missing in the rubble at the Christchurch Cathedral.

Christchurch people are being warned to wear face masks to avoid breathing in earthquake debris dust expected in winds of up to 70km/hr.

Earthquake survivor Kento Okuda, whose right leg had to be amputated when he was rescued, cannot accept that his friends are dead.

Some of New Zealand's largest infrastructure projects face delay or cancellation as money and resources are diverted to Christchurch.