An 18-year-old university student cycled over two hours along Kaikoura's quake-stricken coastline driven by one goal - to catch a flight.

The Government will urgently pass quake recovery laws which allow landslips in the South Island to be cleared into the ocean without consent.

A Dunedin mother-of-three missing since Thursday last week is in Australia, police have confirmed.

All Black Aaron Smith has been pictured in public with his partner Teagan Voykovich for the first time after his toilet incident earlier this year.

COMMENT: Earthquakes make New Zealand great. We would not have a country without them.

COMMENT: The shaking may have shattered homes, dreams and livelihoods, but the spirit of the people remains unbroken.

Two Canterbury fires are being treated as suspicious after being discovered one street apart in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A police officer and pig have become unlikely friends.

A stark image of three cows stranded on an island created by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura captured global attention last week.

More than 25 police staff remain in Kaikoura and the surrounding area offering reassurance to locals and offering their assistance.

Holidaymakers are being urged not to write post-quake Kaikoura off as a destination.

Several hundred people have gathered to pay their respects to Kaikoura man Louis Edgar, who perished in last week's earthquake, is to be held this afternoon.

The state house where John Key famously grew up is being sold by the Government.

Wanted man using social media to avoid police, says detective.

A mum and her two young children narrowly missed a landslide last night, watching debris and dust come down in her car's rear vision mirror.

Mt Lyford residents have limited use of Kaikoura's Inland Rd.

It may be time to put away the togs - scorching temperatures on Wednesday aren't likely to be repeated today, the MetService says. While

Canterbury police are appealing to the public for help finding a 34-year-old man with multiple warrants for his arrest.

A stream of bubbles is rising out of the sea around the Kaikoura peninsula as newly formed cracks in the seabed release gases into the water.

People affected by the current earthquake sequence are being urged to take extra care of themselves.

Calls to mental health helplines have spiked since the Kaikoura Earthquake.

Defence Force truck drivers brave waist-deep water crossings, damaged bridges and overhanging rocks to get supplies to Kaikoura.

Dates have been set for NCEA scholarship history and chemistry exams, which were cancelled following last week's earthquake.

A person has died after an incident in Lyttelton Harbour, though police cannot say yet what happened.

A significant cause of damage to commercial property buildings in the Kaikoura earthquake is a failure to comply with non-structural, seismic restraint guidelines.

A strong aftershock sends fearful people out of their homes for the night.

The key remaining route to Kaikoura is closed and some residents are being forced to sleep outside after a strong 5.7 aftershock on Tuesday evening.

Hundreds of people turned out to farewell Jo-Anne Mackinnon, who died in last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Mackinnon's funeral

Tears trickle down the faces of Kaikoura quake victims as they realise how long the road to recovery stretches before them.

Civil Defence has "serious concerns" for the safety of anyone in or near the Conway River.