Latest from Christchurch earthquake

Crown compulsorily acquires nine quake sites

School fights post-quake closure

The "unlawful" decision to merge a Christchurch school will see 70 per cent of its pupils "scatter" to other city schools, a court heard today.

Buildings with flaws similar to CTV building cleared

Thief caught during quake damage assessment

A property owner and a builder who were meeting to assess earthquake damage found someone already at work on the house - stealing a hot water cylinder.

Crown buys site of Pyne Gould quake building

The Crown has bought the Christchurch property where the Pyne Gould Corporation building stood until it collapsed in the February 2011 earthquake.

No luck for Key over UK visas for Kiwis

John Key has some high-level support in his quest to get the UK to lift new visa restrictions on Kiwis. While London's mayor is on board, the British PM is not.

More women, kids, homeless in Chch

Emergency housing and shelters are struggling to cope with the growing number of homeless women and children in Christchurch city.

Four Christchurch schools to be replaced

Four schools in some of the worst quake-damaged areas of Christchurch will be closed down and replaced by one super-school, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today.

'Quake Outcasts' win legal battle

The Government has lost a landmark legal battle over its 50 per cent offer for vacant red-zoned Christchurch land and uninsured properties.

Editorial: Christchurch rebuild needs more action

Editorial: What exactly is the holdup in Christchurch? A year has passed since the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority drew up a plan for the rebuild of the city centre but nothing seems to be happening.

Research underway into quake affected businesses

Cathedral battle taken to Supreme Court

Campaigners battling to save the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral have taken their case to the highest court in the country.

Student Army marches on

Christchurch's Student Volunteer Army has adapted its mandate from providing quake relief to a more long-term community service model.

'We got the right result in the end'

A Christchurch pensioner "roughed up'' by armed police while protecting his quake-hit property has welcomed watchdog findings which slams the officers' actions.

Christchurch quake used as case study for global military

Animals in motion: pets after the quakes

Massive forces bent faults below the Canterbury Plains, jolting a sleeping city awake at 4.35am. The other world - that occupied by animals - got an almighty fright too.