Families of the 115 people killed in the February 22 collapse of the CTV building are bracing themselves for the third week of the royal commission hearing into the disaster which resumes on Monday.
Two Sri Lankans will stand trial for the murder of countryman Sameera Chandrasena, who was found dead at a fire-ravaged farmhouse in North Canterbury in February.
The CTV building could have gone through 100 major earthquakes and not been checked more thoroughly, a US expert says.
The CTV building suffered only minor "visual" damage after the September 4, 2010 earthquake, according to a quantity surveyor who estimated it could be fixed with $290,000 of repairs.
The Government has declared that more than 1100 homes in the Port Hills area of Christchurch are now safe for their owners to live in.
The CTV building was deemed safe to occupy by council inspectors the day after the September 4, 2010 earthquake despite them not even going inside the building.
A receptionist who fled the collapsing Canterbury Television building in last year's February 22 earthquake sprinted out the front door and across the road, turning around to see was building was "completely down".
The site manager who oversaw the construction of the failed Canterbury Television building, which collapsed and killed 115 people in last February's Christchurch earthquake, has refused to give evidence at the royal commission hearing which started today.
Nigerian scam letters include carefully designed flaws, complete with misspellings and pidgin English, in order to weed out the intelligent and leave only the most vulnerable targets, new research says.
A Christchurch chartered accountant who stole more than $700,000 from a family trust fund was jailed for three years and nine months today.
The jury in the trial of George Gwaze, accused of murdering his 10-year-old niece, have been sent home to return tomorrow for a third day of deliberations.
A streaker who braved sub-zero temperatures to run onto the field during Saturday's All Blacks test against Ireland has been banned from the new AMI Stadium in Addington for two years.
A union claims an Auckland casino worker faces the sack after bosses caught her carrying a pocket Bible with her at work.
All Blacks replacement lock Ali Williams is desperate to prise his beloved black jersey off the in-form youngsters for this weekend's second test against the Irish.
Quake-hit Christchurch community and sports groups are the big winners in the latest round of earthquake appeal cash announced today.
A Kiwi bodyguard to an Australian billionaire faces jail before deportation to New Zealand after being caught with a cache of military weapons.
The families of two Scots killed in the Pike River mining disaster are planning a trip to New Zealand to "say goodbye'' after a recovery operation was all but ruled out.
George Gwaze has been found not guilty of the sexual violation and murder of his 10-year-old niece.
The parents of three American students killed in yesterday's horror van smash are making their way to New Zealand.
A man accused of murdering Christchurch schoolgirl Jade Bayliss will stand trial next year.
