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Contractors charged with burglaries at quake-damaged homes
Three men were charged by police.
Vote saves Christchurch Town Hall
The earthquake-damaged Christchurch Town Hall has been saved after city councillors unanimously voted in favour of a $127.5 million full restoration plan today.
Hall restoration plan 'a masterpiece'
A restoration plan to save the earthquake-damaged Christchurch Town Hall has been hailed as a "masterpiece" by the internationally acclaimed building's architect.
Rodney Hide: Toughen up and banish fear
Rodney Hide is putting his hand up to say that we are overdoing the safety thing.
Wellington residents to be given all-clear to return
Central Wellington residents forced out of their homes due to an earthquake-damaged lift shaft are expected to be given the all-clear to return on Friday.
'We got the right result in the end'
A Christchurch pensioner "roughed up'' by armed police while protecting his quake-hit property has welcomed watchdog findings which slams the officers' actions.
Cake Tin gets all-clear for test match
Westpac Stadium has received the all-clear to host Saturday's Bledisloe Cup rugby clash in Wellington.
4000 EQC claims after Friday's quake
More than 4000 claims have poured into the Earthquake Commission following the central New Zealand earthquakes back in July, and damage assessment will begin today.
Tremors on path down country
A sequence of quakes rattling the centre of the country appears to be shifting down the South Island and away from Wellington.
Five Seddon homes ruled uninhabitable
The Red Cross has wound down its operations in Seddon after Friday's earthquake damaged homes, leaving some uninhabitable.
One-in-five chance of another 6
People in central New Zealand are living with a 20 per cent - one in five - chance of another magnitude six quake in the next week, a scientist says.
Street unites to beat the fears
Residents in one of the Marlborough streets battered by this week's quakes are seeking solace from each other while anxiously awaiting aftershocks.
Seddon residents take off
Residents were fleeing Seddon last night after a 5.5 earthquake rattled the quake-weary town.
Life goes on for many despite rain and aftershocks
The weekend events calendar in the capital was shaken up by Friday's jolt and subsequent aftershocks.
Wellington resilience emerges
It takes more than a magnitude-6.6 earthquake and scores of aftershocks to keep Wellingtonians away from one of the most important dates on the social calendar - the Saturday morning opening day of Kirkcaldie and Stains' Once-A-Year sale.
All shook up, for now
Wracked with sobs, Doug Avery describes the last 20 terrifying, shaky hours living a few kilometres from the epicentre of Friday's big quake.
Quiet night after the quake
Emergency workers reported a quiet night in Wellington despite aftershocks continuing to shake the city.
Tales from the quakes
Call it luck or a spooky coincidence, but staff and students at a Wellington primary school were ready and waiting for yesterday's big earthquake.
Audrey Young: Drop, cover, hold and tweet madly
I had been putting off going into the ANZ since it merged with my trusty old black stallion bank, the National Bank.
Editorial: Te Papa North an idea whose time has come
When the notion of housing part of Te Papa's collection on the Auckland waterfront was put forward a few years ago, it was well received. Nothing happened, however, to progress it past the status of a good idea.
'It was all coming down'
Laura-Jean Kerslake stood screaming for her infant son in the doorway of her Seddon home as the walls crumbled around her.