A man who helped others cross the Port Hills after the earthquake before being hit by falling boulders was remembered today at a service attended by hundreds.

Recovery efforts at the Canterbury TV building have officially ended, with no further positive identifications. Usar workers have sifted through every piece of debris and are satisfied nothing more can be done, the Fire Service says.

People in Christchurch's neglected eastern suburbs tell us what they most need after the earthquake.

Residents of the eastern suburbs of Christchurch have been praised for the fortitude their community has shown following the February 22 earthquake.

The body of Janet Meller has probably been lying in the morgue at Burnham for 11 days - but her partner doesn't know for sure.

Of all the emergency workers in Christchurch, these 16 police staff may have the worst job of all: identifying the broken bodies of the dead.

Television psychic Deb Webber claims she predicted the Christchurch earthquake - and says it won't be the last of the devastation.

Labour MP Lianne Dalziel's is a discordant voice at a time when few dare criticise the emergency response.

Christchurch was last night slammed by its biggest aftershock since the day of the devastating February 22 earthquake.

The Christchurch boy killed a day before his 15th birthday when the earthquake struck has been farewelled.

A large aftershock has hit quake-weary Christchurch this evening, with fears it may have caused more damage.

Justin Marshall never took a backward step on a rugby field though these days he surveys his Sumner backyard with a sense of trepidation.