Mavis Pattison didn't want to leave her home.

A 53-year-old grandmother was searching her home in the darkness to find her grandchildren when she suffered a heart attack.

A man accused of looting a house that had been damaged and left abandoned is concerned about what people are saying about him.

An elderly man filling water bottles for himself and neighbours after Saturday's earthquake was told to stop by the petrol station boss.

Without special legislation, the rebuilding effort could be hampered after the state of emergency is lifted, says John Key.

Veteran New Zealand race driver Greg Murphy has thrown his weight behind the Christchurch earthquake appeal.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker says he feels "repulsed" by members of a family evicted from a welfare centre under the Trespassing Act.

A coastal town's war memorial has partially crumbled in the Canterbury earthquake, leaving descendants of dead soldiers shattered.

The man who came closest to be killed in last weekend's devastating Canterbury earthquake remains in a serious condition in Christchurch Hospital.

Cabinet ministers know they have to work miracles in the limited window they have before those affected by the quake tire of their plight and the Government becomes the target of blame for things not being fixed

Dairy owner Suresh Patel was one of the quiet heroes of the Christchurch earthquake. We talk to him.

Canterbury tourism officials say the best way people can help is to keep bookings they have made and continue visiting the region.

Business owners in central Christchurch are anxious about their shops being sealed away from customers behind cordons a week after the earthquake.

Bart Visscher, co-founder of software company Emendo, has had his business tested on several fronts by the Canterbury earthquake.