The toll from Christchurch's magnitude 6.3 quake climbed to 147, as two more victims' names will be released on Monday,New Zealand police announced on Sunday.
Superintendent Dave Cliff said more than 200 people are believed missing in the worst damaged parts of the city, Xinhua reported.
People from more than 20 countries are among the dead.
Search and rescue teams continued to scour the rubble of buildings that collapsed in the 6.3-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, but no survivors have been found since Wednesday afternoon.