Latest from Christchurch Earthquake: Five years on

NZ Herald Focus: 18 April 2016

Aucklanders are being pushed out of their own housing market and are responsible for one in five house sales in cities including Hamilton, Whangarei and Tauranga.

Rachel Smalley: Too soon for Christchurch regeneration

COMMENT: While the Government has signalled it's time for Christchurch to enter its regeneration phase, I'm not sure Cantabrians are ready for that, writes Rachel Smalley.

The Big Read: Last on the land

One of the last residents of a Red Zone area in Christchurch is moving on, breaking a 132-year family connection to the land.

Standing ovation for Brendon McCullum

The girl who survived against all odds

On February 22, 2011, 178 children lost a parent. To mark six years since NZ's darkest day, the Herald honours the children of the Christchurch quake.

Watch: Christchurch earthquake memorial service

A civic memorial service was held in Christchurch to commemorate the 185 people that died during the February 2011 earthquake.

Arrest after muck tipped over Brownlee

A 41-year-old man has been charged with assault for allegedly throwing muck over Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee.

Chris Lynch: Enormity of disaster evident at earthquake memorial

Govt 'committed' to fixing Chch insurance issues

The Prime Minister is promising Christchurch his Government wants to see outstanding insurance wrangles in the city fixed.

CTV building: Families await justice

The 2011 collapse of Christchurch's CTV building was one of the worst engineering failures in NZ history. Five years on, families are still waiting for justice.

A personal journey of rediscovery

Five years after the 22 February 2011 earthquake in his city of birth, Phil Taylor went back to see how those he met had fared.

Christchurch dilemma: Go or stay put?

Cantabrians wrestled with this question after the February 2011 earthquake.

Chris Lynch: Quake rebuild needs to look at its priorities

You can't deny the so-called 'feel good factor' a stadium might bring to a community. But should rate payers be responsible for paying for a facility that could be under-utilised, writes Chris Lynch.

Explore Christchurch's eerie red-zone

The land deemed as red-zone in the aftermath of the deadly 2011 Christchurch earthquake has deteriorated from a quake-shattered suburbia to a lifeless landscape.