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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.

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

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

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.

The Government is revising its estimate of the cost of rebuilding Christchurch and now believes it will exceed $25 billion.

A landmark case between Tower Insurance and a retired Christchurch couple with a house in the earthquake-hit red zone has been settled.

Christchurch City Councillors have met to discuss plans to rebuild the city's cathedral.

South Island companies grew by 6.9% in the first three months of the year, taking their total market capitalisation to their highest level in six years.

Housing New Zealand has settled an insurance claim for 5559 damaged houses in Canterbury.

Manchester Street in central Christchurch is fully open again for the first time in more than two years.

Christchurch youth told the leader of the Labour Party at a public meeting on Saturday that young people may leave the city if opportunities are not created.

Housing New Zealand says it has successfully settled the largest insurance claim in New Zealand history, but it is over $100 million less than the Government asked for. Audio

Prime Minister John Key says banks and investors in China have raised the possibility of investing money in the Christchurch rebuild.

The director of a company that finds accommodation for earthquake rebuild workers in Christchurch says demand is not strong enough to build housing villages in the city.

A preliminary finding on whether a proposed cardboard cathedral should be funded from the insurance payout for the badly damaged ChristChurch Cathedral is being welcomed by a member of a city…