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Community fundraising efforts have begun in New Zealand for those affected by the 7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal.

The Christchurch City Council will vote this week on setting up a council-controlled company to manage investment in some of the city's rebuild projects.

A GNS scientist says an earthquake which hit the East Coast of the South Island yesterday afternoon is not connected to other quakes that hit the area this week. Audio

The Government is playing down new figures which show that rents have soared across the country. Audio

Christchurch council building inspectors are being pedantic and overly cautious, and could end up slowing the city's reconstruction, a developer says. Audio

The cost of repairing Christchurch's earthquake damaged infrastructure is no closer to being finalised.

Christchurch City Council is seeking independent financial advice on possible asset sales to help pay for the city's rebuild.

As work begins on a $100 million roading project throughout greater Christchurch, the council is trying to find ways to pay for the city's rebuild.

Christchurch City Council is preparing to take its insurer to court over a claim worth nearly $1 billion.

Prime Minister John Key has had no advice on whether New Zealand should, or could, ban the use of asbestos, he says. Audio

The Anglican Church says feedback shows a proposal to rebuild Christchurch Cathedral using a design by Sir Miles Warren is gaining support.

Workers at Sanford's mussel plant in Christchurch are facing tough choices in the coming weeks following a proposal to make 230 staff redundant.

Fishing company Sanford is planning to close its Christchurch-based mussel processing facility which employs 232 people. Audio

The Christchurch City Council is now processing building consents on time and to a high standard, the Crown-appointed manager says.

The Isaac Theatre Royal is one step closer to securing vital funding, after a successful fund-raising event.

Construction noise is a familiar sound in central Christchurch, but the city's Cathedral Square is oddly quiet.

Major repairs are complete on a bridge vital to Christchurch's seaside suburb of New Brighton.

In a big step forward for the Christchurch rebuild, a new Ferrymead bridge will be opened to traffic today.

If you think you've spotted more shiny utes and trucks on our roads, you're dead right, writes Gareth Thomas.

The Anglican Church has given ground in an attempt to break the four-year legal impasse over the future of the quake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral.

Housing New Zealand will soon move out of recovery mode in Christchurch and start selling surplus land.