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A tiny Christchurch school that today won a David vs Goliath legal battle against a government-forced closure is hosting a victory party tonight.

The "unlawful" decision to merge a Christchurch school will see 70 per cent of its pupils "scatter" to other city schools, a court heard today.

An application developed by Christchurch researchers allows people to walk its streets and see how they looked before the earthquakes.

Four schools in some of the worst quake-damaged areas of Christchurch will be closed down and replaced by one super-school, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today.

Three men were charged by police.

Expensive commercial vehicles stolen in Christchurch are likely being sold back into the city's rebuild construction market, police have warned.

Editorial: What exactly is the holdup in Christchurch? A year has passed since the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority drew up a plan for the rebuild of the city centre but nothing seems to be happening.

Cardboard pipes in Christchurch's new Cardboard Cathedral have been cut out and replaced, but a spokesman says "it's nothing to be worried about".

A Christchurch school has today launched a last-ditch legal battle in a desperate bid to stay open.

The final cordon around Christchurch's quake-damaged city centre was lifted today, bringing to an end the Defence Force's longest-ever domestic deployment.

A Christchurch rebuild worker sobbed and begged a judge for mercy as he was jailed for his part in a million-dollar cocaine smuggling ring.

The Education Ministry's $41 million proposed year 1-13 super school for Christchurch is set to be funded by the private sector, a document reveals.

Masked student superhero Flat Man has launched a winter offensive to help hard-up families still doing it tough in post-earthquake Christchurch.

Some Christchurch families are shattered after learning the Ministry of Education was closing their beloved schools as part of the $1 billion city schools shake-up.

Seven Christchurch schools will be closed and six will be merged from next year, Education Minister Hekia Parata has confirmed.

Seven workers were banned from the central city rebuild in March after returning positive drug tests.

Asbestos piping has been found buried at the QEII Stadium demolition site in Christchurch.

Some Christchurch residents with land in the red zone are calling in the Human Rights Commission as a deadline looms for a Government buy-out offer.