Civil Defence say today's 5.0 aftershock would have felt on the ground like a magnitude 7 quake.

Demolition has begun on one of Christchurch's most famous buildings, Manchester Courts, which suffered irreversible damage during the massive September 4 earthquake.

A pioneer homestead shattered by the Canterbury earthquake is to be pulled down.

Fletcher Construction will run the Earthquake Commission's (EQC) project management office to oversee the rebuild after the Canterbury earthquake, a contract worth around $1 billion.

Whitebait caught from sewage-contaminated rivers could end up on the plates of unsuspecting diners at restaurants and cafes.

Photos from the tsunami memorial service in Samoa.

Check out our Google map to see which areas have been hardest hit by aftershocks since the September 4 Christchurch earthquake.

Canterbury residents were shaken awake last night by two big earthquakes - exactly a month after the destructive 7.1 quake.

It's been exactly one month since Canterbury was rocked by the devastating 7.1 earthquake so I decided to return to the region to check out the damage.