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Christchurch earthquake: Burglars add to family's misery

Christchurch earthquake: Big business pledges to support city

Christchurch earthquake: The missing

Christchurch earthquake: Rescue teams switch focus to grim task

Emergency teams hoping to find survivors in the rubble have switched focus to the grim task of retrieving the dead.

Christchurch earthquake: Deadly tremors rebounded on city

Rock near the quake's epicentre may have compounded the effect of the tremor by reflecting greater seismic activity towards Christchurch city.

Christchurch earthquake: Tourists feared buried under church rubble

As many as 22 tourists are thought to be buried in the rubble of Christ Church Cathedral and its spire.

Christchurch earthquake: Bexley's heartache starts all over again

The people left in Bexley grabbed spades and started again, shovelling and scraping at the charcoal grey sludge which clung to their homes.

Christchurch earthquake: After the miracles, a day of gloom

Christchurch earthquake: Hundreds flood welfare centres

Hundreds of people displaced by Tuesday's earthquake have set up camp at Christchurch welfare centres and more are flooding in.

CTV owner talked about building shift day before earthquake

Six schools significantly damaged in earthquake

St John Ambulance operating out of carpark

Christchurch earthquake: Filipino nurses 'praying to God for miracle'

A desperate plea for rescue by six Filipino nurses trapped inside the CTV building have emerged following fears up to 120 people are still entombed in one of the focal points of Christchurch's deadly earthquake.

Lyttelton Port to open on Saturday

Chirstchurch earthquake: Insurers' viability still intact - IAG

Christchurch earthquake: Official death toll now 98

Hopes of finding survivors in the rubble of Christchurch are fading as the second day following the devastating quake draws to a close.