Cash sought for cathedral

Ratepayers will be asked to stump up $240,000 to help operate Christchurch's planned cardboard cathedral.

Mayor in dark over city plan

Residents feel 'isolated, frustrated'

Cheap sections closer

Pool campaigners annoyed by omission

Response to Christchurch quake praised

Emergency department staff at Christchurch Hospital and health workers across the Canterbury region coped well.

Police find Aladdin's cave of red zone loot

Christchurch police have discovered an Aladdin’s cave of loot taken from abandoned quake damaged homes.

Cardboard Christchurch cathedral costs $5m

The design made out of cardboard tubes will cost $5.3 million and will hold more than 700 people.

Places to stay in short supply in Christchurch

The lack of affordable accommodation in Christchurch has hit crisis point for many.

Stand-in cathedral to be made of cardboard

Residents brace for more explosions at stadium

Work to start on cardboard cathedral

Alleged red-sticker thief in court this afternoon

A man who allegedly stole dozens of items from red-stickered Christchurch homes will appear in court on Monday afternoon.

Transitional Cathedral site confirmed

The site of the Transitional Cathedral, a temporary structure that will take the place of the demolished Christchurch Cathedral until a new permanent building is built, has been confirmed.

Fire service to probe response

The Fire Service will hold an independent review into its response to the February 2011 earthquake.

NZ First wants Brownlee's resignation

New rebuild chief coming

A Government announcement is expected this week on a new executive to lead the repair of Christchurch's quake-damaged infrastructure.

Families turn to renting garages

Garages are now being rented to homeless Christchurch families for as much as $150 a week.

Call for vision to design unique city

Christchurch needs a clear vision and a strong champion to push it, a Sydney architect specialising in urban regeneration says.

New inquiry into Chch quake response

An independent inquiry into the response of emergency services to the Christchurch earthquake has been commissioned.

Probe into rescue response

An independent inquiry will scrutinise the emergency services' response during the aftermath of the February 22, 2011 quake. 

Expert says demolition is 'a horrendous mistake'

A top international scientist has waded into the row over Christchurch's quake-damaged cathedral, saying pulling it down is a horrendous mistake.

Rebuild boom goes beyond construction

As the rebuild of Christchurch gathers pace, the job market in Canterbury is booming, and it's not only builders, brickies, plumbers, electricians, painters and decorators who are in high demand, reports Lois Cairns.

Chalice stands tall in brand vacuum

The cranes have moved in to take apart the building Cantabrians know as the `heart of Christchurch'. But what, if anything, can take the cathedral's place as the city's symbol?

Chch leaders at loggerheads over city's state

Two of the leaders set with rebuilding Christchurch are at loggerheads over just how bad the state of the city really is.

African quake hero awards

Fourteen heroes from Christchurch's African community will be honoured for their help after the earthquakes.

Quake recovery boss urges engineers to lead building safety debate

Engineers need to be less conservative as they help Christchurch's earthquake recovery, Cera chief executive Roger Sutton says.

Buildings at 67% of code are 'pretty jolly good'

Engineers need to be less conservative as they help Christchurch's earthquake recovery, Cera chief executive Roger Sutton says.

EQC staff lose some benefits

Earthquake Commission (EQC) field staff working in Christchurch have lost some of their perks.

'Pontius' Brownlee sees no rental housing crisis

People may be sleeping in cars, sheds and garages, but there is no rental housing crisis in Christchurch, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

Christchurch waves goodbye to formerly grand hotels

Two of Christchurch's biggest hotels have reached the final stages of demolition.

Resident pleas for rates relief

A Christchurch resident has launched a petition pleading for full rates relief for those with uninhabitable homes.

Resident's plea for rates relief

A Christchurch resident has launched a petition pleading for full rates relief for those with uninhabitable homes.

Grand Chancellor now a skeleton

New Zealand's most complex demolition job is almost finished, with the Grand Chancellor Hotel reduced to a concrete skeleton.

Over-optimistic to a fault

Avon petition heads to Parliament

Engineers looking at Christchurch quake's lessons

'Fictional' repairs cut insurance payout

State must step in to stop Rental and Housing crisis says economist

Alpine quake optimism faulted by geologists

Christchurch's frack-free status hailed

Time capsule recovered from Press site

A time capsule filled with newspapers and coins has been recovered from the demolished foundations of a Christchurch heritage building.

Earthquakes shake Westport, Christchurch

A magnitude 4.0 quake has struck Westport, after a 4.6 quake rocked Christchurch earlier today.

Chch residents to lose more than 100k in insurance "u-turn"

Brooklands residents are fighting their insurance companies after their homes have been switched from "write-offs" to "repair jobs".

Warm welcome for returning firms

The edge of the central Christchurch red zone is a difficult place to run a business. In the third of a four-part series, Charlie Gates tours the northwest corner of the red zone to find out what it is like working on the edge.

Chch Council bans fracking

The Christchurch City Council has declared their city a ‘fracking-free zone’ in a unanimous vote this afternoon.

Grass will be all that remains

Mag-4.6 tremor shakes Christchurch

Tremor shakes Christchurch

Christchurch has been shaken by a earthquake, 10 kilometres north-east of the city.

Christchurch red zone homeowners may not get insurance pay out

Christchurch's red zone home owners face a battle with insurance companies backing out of rebuilding homes.

Rates rise 'legacy' of insurance shortfall

Christchurch's public infrastructure was "grossly underinsured" at the time of the city's devastating earthquakes, a Christchurch City councillor has alleged.

Canterbury health funding takes hit

Canterbury will miss out on $16 million of health funding because of a post-earthquake population lull.

City's education blueprint on way

Plans for Christchurch's education sector will be known in "coming weeks".

No plea to false EQC invoice charges

Homes evaluated as writeoffs become repair jobs

Mixed reaction to cathedral idea

Four steps good, three steps bad, plasterer told

A Christchurch plasterer says a demand he use ladders in the workplace with one extra rung is "fascism gone crazy" and will make earthquake repair work slower and costlier.

Rental crisis 'at breaking point'

Taggers take over Christchurch's eastern suburbs

Tagging in Christchurch's quake-damaged eastern suburbs is on the increase.

City businesses battle on against the odds