Since the earthquakes, the cost of building new homes in Canterbury has risen by nearly 40 per cent.

Shared spaces, co-working, hot-desking, desk-surfing. Whatever you call it, there is no denying it's a growing trend.

A man who lost his daughter and partner in the Christchurch earthquake has been sentenced for indecent assault and a charge under the new cyberbullying law.

The rebuild of Canterbury's schools has been allocated more than $276 million over four years as part of Budget 2016.

Trams are back up and running along Christchurch's historic New Regent Street. Barriers had been in place since the Valentine's Day earthquake so assessments and repairs could be carried out on some businesses. This means the tram can travel the full loop from Canterbury Museum to Cathedral Junction

COMMENT: Understandably, some Cantabrians are feeling emotionally exhausted and worn out and are finding it hard to cope, writes Hugh Norriss.

A Herald investigation into the hidden toll of the Christchurch earthquakes has sparked calls for research into the correlation between suicides and the quakes.

The 2011 Christchurch earthquake killed 185 people, and NZers vowed never to forget them. But what of those who took their lives in its aftermath?

The forgotten victims of one of the nation's deadliest disasters.

A petition calling for the government to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Canterbury earthquake repairs has been presented to Labour Leader Andrew Little this morning.

Customers complain insurers have refused to settle unless they stop posting negative comments on social media.

Five unoccupied buildings on Christchurch's New Regent Street have been cordoned off, after an engineering report identified them as dangerous and earthquake prone.

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

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.

The incredible thing about significant events is that most of us remember what we were doing and where we were when they happened, writes Barry Soper.

Mike Hosking says Christchurch has travelled the most remarkable journey and made incredible advances since the February 22, 2011 quake.

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.

Organisers of a protest in Christchurch's cathedral square this afternoon are calling for an external review of the way the Earthquake Commission has handled claims.

Five years on, five children scarred by the disaster talk about New Zealand's darkest day.

Five years is not a long time. It's long enough to put something in the past but not long enough for memories to dim.

April last year, mental health services in Christchurch reported a 43 per cent increase in adults seeking the help of mental health services, and a 69 per cent increase in children and youth seeking mental health help.

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.

They live in a modest "as-is-where-is" place bought with an EQC payment and borrowings but it is not the family home Annette Thomson imagined.

Cantabrians wrestled with this question after the February 2011 earthquake.