Quake payout tops $3.3b
New Zealand's biggest general insurer has paid out more than $3.3 billion for Canterbury earthquakes damage and settled 58 per cent of claims.
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Christchurch praised in NYT travel list
The New York Times has named Christchurch as the second of 52 places in the world to visit this year.
Japan lashed by storm, rocked by quake
A tropical storm was moving out into the Sea of Japan last night after lashing the country with rain and winds, leaving one person dead and more than 50 injured.
Millions to fix quake-prone buildings
Lindsay Jones has no desire to knock down his 129-year-old church at the top of Queen St. But as things stand, the senior pastor and his congregation can't afford to keep it open either.
Church stunned by $8m quake upgrade
Only 10 years ago members of the congregation at St Benedict's Catholic church in inner-city Auckland raised about $2 million to lovingly restore their Victorian red brick church.
Landlord lashes out at quake law
Heritage building owners are struggling financially, unable to upgrade their places, breaching banking covenants and forced to sell properties cheaply, says a landlord.
Series of quakes strike lower North Island
Feeling rattled? A series of earthquakes have shaken the lower North Island this morning.
Designer's life 'will never be the same'
A heartfelt apology has been issued to the families of the CTV Building collapse victims by the structural engineer who designed it.
Editorial: Quake levy as part of rates a no-brainer
Editorial: It is easy to sympathise with Local Govt NZ's misgivings about Labour's plan to take EQC levies off insurance premiums and add them to rates bills.
Labour proposes big shake up for EQC
Labour is proposing a sweeping overhaul of New Zealand's disaster insurance regime including shifting EQC levies from insurance premiums
Does this look like a ruin?
Jim Anderton asks: 'Take a good look at the Cathedral as it still stands today, (taken from a helicopter on June 7, 2014), and ask yourself does this look like a ruin to you?'
6.3 quake strikes off Kermadec Islands
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck off the Kermadec Islands, north of New Zealand, this morning.
TV preview: Chch quake drama Hope and Wire
The shattered lives and fractured landscape of the garden city provide drama in TV3’s new series.
Paul Little: Failures of seismic proportions
For many people in Canterbury, the earthquakes of September 2010, February 2011 and later had little or no effect.
$1 house sells for $10,500
A Christchurch couple's red zoned house will be auctioned tonight with a $1 reserve, but buyers have so far shown little interest.
Quakes rock lower North Island
The lower North Island has been rocked by a second sizable earthquake today.
Researchers to bore major fault
The world is turning to New Zealand's most threatening fault to better understand the levers that cause catastrophic earthquakes.
7.2 mag quake off Kermadec Islands
Department of Conservation staff on Raoul Island have escaped uninjured following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake off the coast of the island this morning.
Quake cover 10% cheaper
The Earthquake Commission has been able to increase its reinsurance cover after securing better terms in its latest annual round of negotiations.
Insurance Council rejects Labour's 'Earthquake Court'
The Insurance Council says it could make the whole process drag out for longer and the only winners would be lawyers.
Shakeup: Labour's 'Quake Court plan
Labour has promised to set up a special Earthquake Court to deal with unresolved insurance claims from the Canterbury earthquakes.
Quake rocks central NZ
A 5.1 magnitude quake that struck near Ohakune has been felt widely in the lower North Island and the top of the South Island.
Earthquake 50km West of Te Anau
A magnitude 5 earthquake has been recorded 50km west of Te Anau.
Investigation into CTV engineer dropped
The civil engineer behind Christchurch's CTV building is no longer under investigation - after an inquiry was dropped upon legal advice.