Seismologists closely watching a "swarm" of quakes recorded around high-risk Alpine Fault.

An introduction to the national system for managing earthquake-prone buildings. It explains why we have a national system and gives a brief overview of how the system works. / Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Schools are having to deal with more difficult behaviour post-Christchurch quake.

Commission inquiry will look at use of private investigators by state services.

A landslide between Wairoa and Gisborne created a lake which is rising at 60cm a day.

Real estate agent accused of negligence after falling masonry kills tenant.

White Island's crater lake has reappeared, as quakes detected at the island and Ruapehu.

A series of volcanic earthquakes is stirring beneath Mt Ruapehu.

Meet people "prepping" – a worldwide movement of steps to prepare for global catastrophe.

So far more than 1000 people have reported feeling shaking.

It could kill thousands, but there's much about our main geological threat we don't know.

Scientists set to install listening posts deep in the high-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone.

The quake measured 4.7.

Could NZ have a tsunami early warning system? A visiting Japanese scientist thinks so.

Animation showing the tsunami threat posed by a 'mega-thrust' quake off the east coast of New Zealand. Video/ingomar200

Undiscovered volcanic features could lie hidden not far from the Bay of Plenty's coast.

Reports of violent shaking after 7.5 magnitude quake strikes on Monday morning.

Deloitte has calculated how much the Christchurch earthquakes will cost the city council.

It took 11 minutes to read out the names of the 185 who lost their lives in the 2011quake.

Today is the seventh anniversary of the quake that claimed 185 lives.

New CTV Building memorial blessed on the eve of tomorrow's February 22 quake anniversary.

The earthquake measured a depth of 21km.

An 4.4 magnitude earthquake has shaken Wales, being felt up the west coast of the UK.

At least two people died when a helicopter crashed.

An earthquake has hit southern Mexico.

Quake activity has returned to the Ring of Fire as scientists fear a "big one" is coming.

Researchers are looking into how an earthquake warning system could work in New Zealand.

Kiwis in Taiwan used to quakes but 'this was bigger'.

Two 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake commemorations will take place at the weekend.

Fault-line monitors at Dannevirke, Weber and Akitio part of major scientific programme.