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Retail activity in Christchurch is expected to leapfrog the rest of the country over the next couple of years.

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has announced that 251 residential properties bordering the Avon River in Christchurch have been rezoned from orange to red. Audio

The Forest Wood Industry is aiming to triple its roughly $4.5 billion export market over the next decade, led by the development of stronger timber products that are more resistant to earthquake…

The Earthquake Recovery Minister has rejected suggestions the Government should help provide rental accommodation for the workers needed to rebuild Christchurch.

Heritage advocates in Christchurch are frustrated about what they see as the hasty demolition of historic buildings. Audio

A survey of economic forecasts is expecting the recovery will be weaker than expected over the coming year, because of delays to repairing the earthquake-damaged Christchurch.

A rental housing crisis in Christchurch is holding up the earthquake-hit city's rebuild with virtually no short-term rentals available, according to the Real Estate Institute.

New Zealand's economy is expected to show tentative signs of rebalancing towards an export-led recovery in the final three months of last year.

A Christchurch band rotunda has been added to the city's list of historic buildings to be demolished because of earthquake damage.

Consumer confidence has fallen this month, but optimism in quake-hit Canterbury is rising. Audio

The manager of Christchurch's container mall does not yet know if all the retailers can stay there until Christmas.

An earthquake engineer says many construction companies are scared of adopting new quake-resistant building designs because they do not realise how simple and cost effective they are. Audio

The earnings season for the first six months of this financial year is almost over, with signs of steady growth among New Zealand's biggest listed companies.

Lyttelton residents face five years of construction work as hundreds of damaged retaining walls are rebuilt around the port town. Audio

An earthquake engineer says non-structural parts of buildings being rebuilt in Christchurch need to be redesigned to better withstand future quakes.

A leading Wellington architect and Christchurch architectural ambassador says ChristChurch Cathedral must be replaced. Audio

The chairman of 2Degrees' majority owner Trilogy International Partners says the company will invest another $100 million dollars in the mobile phone firm this year.

The Ministry of Education has confirmed it will cost $150 million to repair state schools damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes.

Finance Minister Bill English says it will take longer than a year for the tax switch package to be fiscally neutral and the Government was likely to collect about $1 billion less in tax this year. Audio

Monday's headlines: Series of arsons at houses in Aranui, Wainoni and Avondale, Christchurch; inaccurate timekeeping at game between the Highlanders and the Crusaders.

The risk of collapse in the eurozone appears to be abating, but the Reserve Bank's still expected to be some way off raising interest rates.