Minor damage was reported in Masterton and near Otaki after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake this afternoon.

Plasma televisions, 45 Apple iPads and laptop computers are among the quake-damaged goods going to auction this weekend.

Comedian and actor Robin Williams is to donate the profits from his show in Christchurch to rebuilding the earthquake-hit city.

How are Christchurch businesses coping two months after the big earthquake?

Another aftershock has hit Canterbury this evening.

A "little swarm" of four small earthquakes near Taupo yesterday was not unusual or concerning, a seismologist says.

Demolition work proceeds on the Manchester Courts building, one of the earthquake damaged buildings on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets in Christchurch.

The EQC has paid out over $145m to residents affected by the Canterbury quake two months ago, but only a small proportion of the claims have been assessed.