A 53-year-old grandmother was searching her home in the darkness to find her grandchildren when she suffered a heart attack.

A man accused of looting a house that had been damaged and left abandoned is concerned about what people are saying about him.

EQC-trained building inspector Peter Wei examined four homes in Auckland to see what improvements could make them safer in a natural disaster.

An elderly man filling water bottles for himself and neighbours after Saturday's earthquake was told to stop by the petrol station boss.

Without special legislation, the rebuilding effort could be hampered after the state of emergency is lifted, says John Key.

Veteran New Zealand race driver Greg Murphy has thrown his weight behind the Christchurch earthquake appeal.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker says he feels "repulsed" by members of a family evicted from a welfare centre under the Trespassing Act.

Canterbury homeowners can expect to get payouts for contents damage starting this week.

Everyone in Canterbury has been touched by the earthquake devastation - and TV personalities and sports stars are no exception.

A coastal town's war memorial has partially crumbled in the Canterbury earthquake, leaving descendants of dead soldiers shattered.

Read what people have been saying in the week since the magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked Christchurch last weekend.

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.

Cabinet ministers know they have to work miracles in the limited window they have before those affected by the quake tire of their plight and the Government becomes the target of blame for things not being fixed

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