The Crusaders early this morning withdrew from their Super 15 match against the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday.

Bear Grylls, extreme adventurer, is in New Zealand and has some survival tips for earthquake victims.

It's only when you start walking the streets of Lyttelton that the real extent of the damage becomes obvious.

We assembled outside, a bit dazed and struck by what we could see downtown - dust and collapsed buildings.

Jovy Servitillo knew she was in trouble - she was on the 23rd floor of the tallest building in Christchurch.

'Ten seconds either way' was the difference between life and death for CTV building survivor David Horsley.

Cancer survivor Sam Struthers says that victory was nothing compared with surviving this week's earthquake.

Christchurch hospitals are busy but coping as patient numbers swell from the earthquake.

At least one Australian "family man" is among the Christchurch earthquake dead and the Australian government has warned the public to brace for more bad news.

Yesterday's quake - the death toll for which stands at 75 - may prove to be NZ's worst natural disaster.

Police say more than 100 people may have been lost in Christchurch's quake-ravaged Canterbury TV building, which they say is "unsurvivable". The official toll from yesterday's devastating quake stands at 75.

View readers' images of the devastating Christchurch earthquake and its subsequent aftermath.

Heart-breaking images show friends and families of the victims of the 6.3 earthquake that rocked Christchurch on Tuesday.

Massive earthquake damage in Christchurch means Kirifi Mila, the New Zealand soldier killed in Afghanistan last week, will be buried in Hamilton without a formal military farewell from his army mates.

AMI Stadium, home to the Canterbury Crusaders has been hit hard by the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that recently struck Christchurch..

More than 180 people died as as result of the Christchurch earthquake on February 22, 2011. Some of them are represented in the following photos.

Fifteen CTV staff are believed to have died when their central Christchurch building collapsed after yesterday's magnitude 6.3 quake, CTV chairman Nick Smith says.

At least 14 people are missing from two companies in the Pyne Gould building in Christchurch tonight.

A woman trapped in rubble left a harrowing message for her son, in which she said she didn't think she would survive.

Declaring a national state of emergency is an option when a disaster or other event is or is likely to be of such severity that it is beyond the resources of the local Civil Defence groups.