OpinionAlexander Gillespie: Church heritage important to us allOur relationship with natural heritage is second to none but our relationship with cultural heritage is not so secure, writes Alexander Gillespie.25 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandWellington's earthquake risk revealedIf a big earthquake hits Wellington, the city could be cut off for four months and power and gas not fully restored for three months, a new report warns.12 Nov 08:09 PM
New ZealandBob Parker: My earthquake storyChristchurch mayor Bob Parker doesn't pull any punches in a personal account of the earthquakes that rocked his city.09 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandCTV: Bomb rescue techniques usedA search and rescue expert used Oklahoma City bombing terrorist attack rescue techniques to take control of the CTV Building collapse site, an inquest heard today.08 Nov 09:32 PM
New ZealandQuake revival no aid to jobless dataA shock jump in the unemployment rate to 7.3 per cent would have been worse without jobs being generated from the Christchurch rebuild.08 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandCTV: 'No confusion' over leadershipA Fire Service has disagreed strongly with some earlier witnesses at the CTV inquest that there was confusion over leadership on February 22 last year.06 Nov 05:42 AM
New ZealandStrong quake hits FiordlandA "strong" earthquake has struck Fiordland this morning, GeoNet reports.04 Nov 08:23 PM
New ZealandCTV: Emotional u-turn failed to pay offSearch and rescue units were told to stop scouring the collapsed CTV Building's rubble for survivors within 24 hours of it coming down.02 Nov 06:18 AM
New ZealandCTV site was 'chaos' after collapseA coroner's inquest today heard from a senior search and rescue expert who described the "chaos" at the disaster site when he arrived two hours after the building's collapse.01 Nov 09:40 PM
New ZealandCTV inquest: 'No one was listening'The inquest into the CTV deaths has heard of frustrations caused by delays and chaos in the hours after the catastrophe.01 Nov 05:04 AM
New ZealandCanterbury zoning process completedThe green-zoning of a final eight residential properties in the Port Hills of Christchurch marks the end of the zoning process in Canterbury.30 Oct 09:38 PM
New ZealandQuake shakes eastern Bay of PlentyA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has shaken the eastern Bay of Plenty early this morning, GeoNet reports.30 Oct 06:06 PM
New ZealandEarthquake shakes Hawke's BayA 4.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded 20 km north-east of Waipukurau this morning at a depth of 34km.29 Oct 10:13 PM
New ZealandMore harrowing testimonyMore harrowing testimony is expected as a coroner's inquest into the deaths of eight CTV building victims continues today.29 Oct 07:58 PM
New ZealandOfficer 'frustrated' by thwarted rescue attemptsThe police officer left in charge of the Christchurch earthquake's biggest disaster zone said he became "frustrated" at being ordered off the site as he tried to rescue survivors.29 Oct 05:42 AM
New ZealandQuake 'overwhelmed' police systemPolice today admitted the February 22 earthquake disaster in Christchurch "overwhelmed" their communication system.29 Oct 12:28 AM
OpinionScience standing on shaky groundMark Quigley asks: Do scientists have a right to be wrong? Does state-of-the-art science really enable us to speak confidentially about "low-probability" events?25 Oct 04:30 PM
