Latest from Christchurch earthquake

Quake memorial: 'My Daddy. I'm 13'

Watch live: The names of the 185 people who died have been inscribed along 40m of the 121m long wall that sits next to the Avon River.

Watch: PM Bill English reflects on Christchurch earthquake

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Compassion urged for quake-loss parents

Pressure is mounting for the Government to reconsider the plea for lifelong visitor visas from Chinese parents who lost their only child in the Christchurch quake.

The parents who lost everything

A group who lost their only children in the Christchurch quake feel failed by two Govts.

Watch: Forgotten victims of the Christchurch quake

Numerous victims in the CTV building were the single daughters of Chinese families who had supported their children to a brighter future. Now, in the shadow of China's one child policy, they are left childless and looking at a bleak old age.

Quake parents seek visas to tend graves

Chinese parents who lost their only child in Christchurch earthquake are pleading with govt to grant them lifelong visas so they can visit children's graves.

Editorial: Grave visitors deserve better

If ever there was a compassionate ground to grant visitors a permanent visa to NZ it is surely those who lost children in Christchurch earthquake.

Quake money audit wanted

The South Brighton Residents' Association wants to know what happened to earthquake donations for the eastern suburbs.

Earthquake Commission downplays error

The Earthquake Commission is downplaying a discrepancy where it failed to keep track of more than 2000 "remedial requests".

Shock at building firm liquidations

A Christchurch-based property chief expressed shock at the scale of Canterbury building company liquidations.

Processed food 'may be driving us mad'

Eating processed foods with little nutritional value may be making us mad as well as sick, new research shows.

EQC pulls back from Christchurch

The Earthquake Commission is letting go of hundreds of staff in a restructuring programme.

Christchurch's iconic building will breathe again

Watch: Once a month, photographer Olivia Spencer-Bower will be recording as the workers slowly breathe life back into the Town Hall.

Peterborough Apartments wrangle goes to court

A rebuild firm that is trying to repair and restore the historic Peterborough Apartments has taken its insurance company to court.

Rent free office space being offered in Christchurch

Commercial leasing agencies are seeing more incentives creeping into the market to bring tenants back into the central city.

Foundations of CTV building to be examined

Police investigating the deadly collapse of the Canterbury Television building in the February 2011 earthquake will next week excavate the disaster site to examine the soil and foundations.