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The Canterbury tourism industry will be given a funding boost to help attract overseas visitors back to earthquake-damaged Christchurch and the region.

Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in more than five years, but wage growth remains muted. The number of people out of work stood at 5.6 percent in the three months to June.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Christchurch woman Helen Milner, found guilty of murdering her husband by poisoning him with pills to which he was allergic.

Construction companies in Christchurch are facing heat from homeowners over allegations of substandard repairs - but they say the problems are out of their hands.

The Christchurch City Council is considering selling $400m of assets to address a nearly $1b shortfall in financing the city's rebuild. Mayor Lianne Dalziel doesn't want to raise rates. Audio

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has defended the pace of the Canterbury rebuild after criticism from Labour MPs Clayton Cosgrove and Phil Twyford.

Lawyers in Christchurch are warning of a looming building crisis as legal action against insurers and building companies claiming shoddy repair jobs mounts in the courts.

One of the country's highest-paid public servants remains on sick leave following surgery at the start of the year. Mark Ford heads Auckland Council's water company.

If younger generations want to shape their future, there are conversations we should be having right now.

The Southern Steel have dumped their captain, the Silver Ferns shooter Jodi Brown, after three seasons as skipper of the Invercargill-based trans-Tasman netball franchise.

A Christchurch business leader says it would be short-sighted to draw a pool of leaders to replace the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) from Christchurch alone.

Financial uncertainty has forced the Christchurch City Council to put on hold plans to rebuild the quake-damaged Town Hall. It was to have undergone a $127 million rebuild.

Labour is promising to keep the wrecking ball away from remaining heritage buildings in quake-hit Christchurch if elected, but MP Jacinda Ardern says that won't hinder the rebuild.

Cyclists, walkers and runners will be able to use a further part of the Christchurch Port Hill's Summit Road closed by rockfalls in the February 2011 earthquake. Audio

Owners of uninsured land in Christchurch's red zone would receive a 100 percent buy-out offer for their property based on 2007 valuations if a Labour government was elected.