These sisters will grow up wondering what their big brother would have been like.

People affected by fires may be entitled to free doctor visits.

COMMENT: Yesterday our nation paused just before one o'clock to remember.

Burned vegetation clear in satellite images of Christchurch Port Hills.

Prime Minister pays tribute to 185 lives taken by quake as families and loved ones mark sixth anniversary.

COMMENT: Robots own the future. writes Rayon Kan.

Firefighters are pulling back from the Worsleys area, as the situation in Christchurch continues to improve.

Watch: The bus, carrying more than 30 people, collided with a car just after 5pm and crashed down a bank.

Justice Minister Amy Adams' passionate plea to Bruce Springsteen went unanswered - the closest she got to him was on the big screen.

Watch live: For the sixth anniversary of the February 2011 earthquake the new Canterbury Earthquake Memorial wall is being unveiled today.

By Ruth Keber HARD TIMES: Paul Hilliam remembers the Christchurch earthquakes six years after the devastated the South Island city

Reporter Georgina Campbell was sent down to Christchurch to help cover the Port Hills fires. Here she tells what she saw.

Bruce Springsteen dedicated My City Of Ruins to those who suffered the recent earthquakes as well as emergency services personnel fighting the Port Hills fires.

An analyst believes Cathay Pacific will announce services between Hong Kong and Christchurch.

The Port Hills will be in a state of emergency for another seven days after last week's fire.

Residents will have to show ID before being allowed to cross cordons on fire-ravaged Port Hills roads.

It may be wondered whether a country of NZ's size and population is well served by such a fragmented civil defence organisation.

While firefighters are making progress with the Port Hills fires, the fire area remains at 2075ha this afternoon.

A group who lost their only children in the Christchurch quake feel failed by two Govts.

Experts fear homes on the devastated Port Hills fire may be at risk of a new threat.

Aaron Keown still has the $100 he promised to give to the person who could identify a worse intersection than the Harewood, Gardiners and Breens Rds junction.

The family of the helicopter pilot killed while fighting the Port Hills' fires have given him a final gift.

Despite the progress, there was still a high risk of flare-ups and forecast weather conditions may present challenges.

Christchurch's Bishop Victoria Mathews called an emergency media standup in Cathedral Square this afternoon to refute Gerry Brownlee's claims this week of a $25 million deal to restore the church.

The central Christchurch landmark formerly known as Market Square will be fenced off on February 27 to repair damage caused in the February 2011 earthquake.

Labour's Duncan Webb will go up against current Christchurch Central MP Nicky Wagner for the seat in September's general election.

The wife of the pilot and war hero killed when his helicopter crashed as he fought the Port Hills fires is "amazed" by the support for her family.

Fire cordons in Port Hills are being lifted, to give people a few hours' access to their homes.

Watch: A 1990 video produced for the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi has resurfaced, and stars a then 10-year-old Steve Askin.

Authorities working to contain the Port Hills fire are being helped by drizzle, which is forecast to turn to light rain this afternoon.