A big aftershock rocked Christchurch this morning. Read latest updates here.

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says Christchurch will take years to return to normal.

Jim Anderton has announced he will stand down as MP for Wigram if he wins the Christchurch mayoralty, in light of the challenges presented by last week's earthquake.

About 400 people today gathered in Christchurch's Cathedral Square for the Cathedral's first mass since last week's earthquake.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Whanganui region this afternoon.

A bewildered and pregnant Renee Rushton is living in a Christchurch holiday park after last week's earthquake.

As Christchurch tries to make sense of the earthquake destruction, a child questions how much 'braveness' she has left.

Mavis Pattison didn't want to leave her home.

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.

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.

The man who came closest to be killed in last weekend's devastating Canterbury earthquake remains in a serious condition in Christchurch Hospital.

Susan Dent's garden has become soiled with sewage and she may never be able to grow veges in her yard again.

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