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.

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

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

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.

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

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