Residents south of Kaikoura in Goose Bay have been told to be prepared to be gone for at least 10 days while Civil Defence monitors a quake landslide upstream.

Three young children have been treated in hospital for potentially-deadly meningococcal disease.

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.

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.

First there were "quake cows", now a lamb has been plucked to safety in Canterbury.

Emergency supplies have finally landed in a cut-off community just 22km north of Kaikoura.

"It's really frustrating. We've been up and down the road since the quake happened, we know the risk. We don't need this cordon and convoy."

Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has been accused of vilifying a Geonet scientist who spoke out about the need for a better tsunami warning system in New Zealand.

Gravestones and memorial pillars have toppled in earthquake-battered Waiau's local cemetery.

A new video of the Kekerengu Fault shows the shocking damage caused by last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake on the landscape.

John Key said the cost of the earthquake and any resultant economic hits could affect the ability to offer a tax cut programme in the short term

A car with four people inside drove off a bluff on Christchurch's Port Hills last night.

The daughter-in-law of the 100-year-old woman rescued from the rubble of an historic homestead speaks out.

WATCH: Kylee Guy's new partner, Kent Martin, has spoken about his family's lucky escape from their crumbling home during the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

Volunteers say they will continue rescuing paua along Kaikoura's coastline at the first low tide tomorrow after seeking permission from iwi.

A 106-year old lodge pancaked in Monday's earthquake, with its owners lucky to escape with their lives.

Wellington Harbour has been invaded by five vessels from the US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand navies.

New Zealand is in for a relatively dry day today with areas of morning cloud and isolated showers in the north, clearing around midday and becoming mostly sunny.

Thousands of central Wellington workers face an uncertain week as the clean-up from Monday's devastating 7.8 earthquake clean-up.

Some of the earthquake relief efforts are wrapping up in Kaikoura.

Rural residents are frustrated at being forgotten almost a week after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake shattered Kaikoura.

British woman Kaikoura Stuart has a message for the people of the town she was named after.