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The Government says it will increase Maori and Pasifika trade training to 3000 places from the 600 at present.

Christchurch residents wanting to install a log burner in their new homes will have to wait at least a year because the model which is permitted isn't on the market. Audio

Wage growth is continuing to slow, despite the gradual improvement in the economy. Audio

Berger Heating in Christchurch has been fined $30,000 after an employee nearly died falling from a ladder. The man broke his eye socket, nose, leg, knee cap, ankle and wrist.

The Serious Fraud Office says an investigation into the potential of fraud during the Christchurch rebuild has uncovered no evidence.

Wednesday's headlines: serial cat killer suspected in South Dunedin; man found guilty of murder road rage stabbing; schoolgirls in van crash in Lewis Pass.

Business confidence waned slightly in April but is still well above its historical average.

Infometrics economist Benje Patterson says housing consents are not going to lift outside Canterbury until house prices rise significantly.

Advocates for the restoration of the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral say it could be repaired in a quarter of the time and at a third of the price the church's owners say. Audio

Construction work on an agricultural research and education hub at Lincoln, near Christchurch, could start by late 2014.

There is growing support for the Christchurch City Council to pull out of financing big, so-called aspirational rebuild projects and instead focus on repaying debt faster. Audio

The Government has unveiled plans for a new agricultural research and education hub in Lincoln, south of Christchurch.

Prime Minister John Key says the estimated cost of rebuilding after the Canterbury earthquakes has risen to $40 billion.

A taskforce set up last year is about to present its recommendations to the Government on workplace safety.

Community groups and residents in Christchurch are getting a chance to raise their concerns about the rebuilding efforts, at an expo in the city.

The Main Road causeway linking the seaside suburb of Sumner to Christchurch is being closed for six months while repairs are carried out.

Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce has put the cost of rebuilding Christchurch at $40 billion.

Community groups and residents in Christchurch are voicing their concerns about the city's rebuilding efforts at an expo in the city.

A campaign group says it still believes the original ChristChurch Cathedral building can be restored more cheaply than the Anglican Church says it can.

Earthquake engineers working on the rebuild of Christchurch have been told they are in the most painful part, two years on from the devastating tremor of February 2011.