
Many still suffer psychological distress
A new study finds that some people are battling anxiety and depression more than a year and a half after the Christchurch earthquake.
A new study finds that some people are battling anxiety and depression more than a year and a half after the Christchurch earthquake.
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.
It's business as usual in Christchurch, with most reporting few ill effects from yesterday's earthquake.
A montage of Valentine's Day earthquake footage. Drone video supplied by YeahNah Productions.
COMMENT: If there's one positive to the quakes, it's that it's made our city become one big neighbourhood, writes Chris Lynch.
Cathedral can be safely rebuilt, though it remains unclear if the project will go ahead.
The report gave the programme a red rating, and said it was highly likely to need more money.
Tower, the general insurer, posted an annual loss as it prepares for more expensive claims from the Canterbury spate of earthquakes
Two years after a shake-up in the way house insurance is calculated, concerns remain over how well the public understand the change.
There's a renewed sense of optimism in the Christchurch business community.
If the Christchurch earthquakes had hit just a few weeks earlier, things could have been so much worse for one local family.
Construction firm chief does damage control after suggesting that builders who carried out shoddy repair work on quake damaged homes had "gone back to Ireland".
If you look hard enough, a kind of not strictly illegal, but let's say, fudging, of due process appears, writes Dita De Boni.
The civil engineer behind the CTV building which collapsed in the 2011 earthquake has been cleared of misleading NZ’s professional engineering body.
Police investigating the 2011 collapse of the Canterbury Television (CTV) building which killed more than 100 people have executed four search warrants.
Documents and items of interest have been seized by police as part of an investigation into the collapse of the CTV building.
Tower shares rose today to a month-high after the insurer hiked its interim dividend and confirmed an on-market share buyback.
The first draft of quake-proof law was an over-reaction, but the revised version is practical and affordable.
A strong earthquake centred in Marlborough was felt as far away as Wellington this evening. GeoNet said the magnitude 4.6 quake happened 16km underground.
Insurers may face higher costs over the Canterbury earthquake after several firms recently increased estimates for the final bill, according to the Reserve Bank.
An insurer has gone to the Supreme Court to argue against a decision which could mean higher payouts for Canterbury homeowners who are yet to settle quake claims.
Tower may record small net loss in first half on quake adjustment as underlying earnings grow.