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Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has given an assurance the Government encourages all its agencies to follow the rules when awarding building contracts.

The council's response to a group of Christchurch quarries wanting to dig below the water table is "just not good enough", a resident who lives near one of the quarries says.

The restoration of Christchurch's Bridge of Remembrance has been recognised with an prize at the Canterbury Heritage Awards.

Half of the work on the steel frames for the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland has gone to a foreign contractor, despite NZ factories having prepared for it.

Prime Minister John Key is dismissing a call by Labour to limit work visas as the economy starts to slow down.

Staff at the now-defunct Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority spent more than $5 million on travel in five years, official figures show.

The minister in charge of Christchurch's rebuild isn't commenting on a Treasury report which is critical of the post-quake progress in the city.

The Canterbury Plains could suffer more damage than previously expected in an Alpine Fault quake - worse than some areas close to the fault. Video

Christchurch's leading business group is criticising city council plans to slow down its earthquake rebuild programme.

Christchurch City Council needs to be "staunch and brave" and move ahead with the rebuild rather than stalling it, Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce says.

A Christchurch mother who left her home because of domestic violence and is now sleeping in her car says the system has failed her.

The Prime Minister is keen to see a resolution to the impasse over Christchurch's cathedral.

The owner of a Christchurch home is claiming it will cost nearly $8.5 million to rebuild the luxury waterfront property - a sum the insurer is disputing.

Housing New Zealand is promising to have its earthquake damaged homes in Christchurch rebuilt by June, six months after it said the work would be completed.

The merging of two Christchurch schools has been the 'challenge of his career', the principal of Waitākiri School says.

Delays to Christchurch's anchor projects have robbed the Canterbury economy of more than $150 million worth of investment, the Labour Party says.

Noise complaints about construction in Christchurch have jumped more than 300 percent in the last five years.

A maze of roadworks in parts of Christchurch is threatening the future of some businesses. Video

Ngài Tahu has ditched plans for a cultural precinct in central Christchurch, but the head of a group overseeing the rebuild says work is underway on all the planned anchor projects.