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5.9 quake near Tonga, Fiji

Parker: Christchurch facing 'glorious challenge'

The Christchurch City Council has met for the first time since last month's quake, with Mayor Bob Parker saying the city "will have fight for its place in the sun again"...

Editorial: Time to give Christchurch back to locals

Quakes to deliver short, sharp shock to NZ tourism sector

Christchurch quake to boost KiwiSaver pull outs

Concern around local involvement as CERA announced

A new department will focus on Christchurch's recovery from its devastating earthquake but concerns are already being raised that locals will not have enough of a say as Wellington bureaucrats make calls on how to go ahead.

Earthquake Recovery Authority head named

Traces of plutonium found near reactor

Plutonium has been detected in soil samples taken from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Police recover half the cars from Chch CBD

Police are half way through recovering thousands of cars from the Christchurch central business district devastated by the February 22 earthquake.

Liam Dann: Britain opts to take its medicine now

British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Chancellor, George Osborne, this week delivered a Budget that was unambiguous in backing business to lead the nation out of the economic doldrums.

John Roughan: Controllers just cannot let go

Most of Christchurch CBD now accessible

More than 510 businesses, or 2000 people, have been granted access to buildings within the cordoned area.

National state of emergency extended

Aftershocks continue in Christchurch overnight

Strong earthquake strikes Myanmar

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Burma has killed up to 10 people overnight.

Anxiety in Tokyo over radiation in tap water

Workers loaded trucks with boxes of bottled water to distribute across the city today after residents cleared store shelves following warnings that Tokyo's tap water had elevated radiation coming from Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear complex