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Legislation setting up a new agency to oversee rebuilding in Christchurch should be announced within the next month, the city's mayor says.

Christchurch City Council is considering taking legal action against people who owe nearly $15 million in unpaid rates.

Christchurch City Council has approved an extra $5.6 million to carry out a review of the city's planning rules due to a budget blow-out.

A migrant worker says he felt unable to escape from a bullying employer in Auckland who treated him like a "slave".

An Auckland migrant worker was treated so badly by his employer, he considered suicide, and was so afraid of speaking out that he met Radio NZ in an alleyway.

More than 100 Christchurch homeowners are launching a class action against the Earthquake Commission, arguing it has failed to meet legal obligations. Audio

Young people in Christchurch are being invited to help shape the future of their city.

Cantabrian Mike Crean recalls the heartbreak of the first quake five years ago, the trauma that followed, and his faith that the city he loves can thrive again.

Cantabrians will watch the sunrise from New Brighton Beach tomorrow to mark five years since the September 2010 earthquake.

The Christchurch mayor says she is determined to reduce further rates rises, even if it means delaying parts of the rebuild.

The owners of a Christchurch quarry that residents believe may have contaminated their wells say its operations have remained above groundwater level at all times.

The Mayor of Ashburton says making it easier for migrants to work in Canterbury will help to reinvigorate the region's economy.

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he is not worried Canterbury's economy has an over-reliance on the Christchurch rebuild.

Canterbury's local authorities have launched a new regional development strategy which aims to ensure the region's economy doesn't come to rely on the Christchurch rebuild.

Sixty jobs are expected to be cut at the Christchurch City Council as part of a planned restructure.

Frustrated Canterbury homeowners say legal action against their insurer is a last resort, after years of arguments over quake repairs.

Christchurch residents are preparing to fight the Earthquake Commission over substandard repairs to their homes.

Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel doesn't want to wait for philanthropic donations in order to finish rebuilding the central library.