Decision taken despite "significant" design deficiencies.

Boss of company based in building says evacuation order no surprise: 'this is Wellington'.

Emergency services are on high alert after LA jolted by strongest earthquake in years.

COMMENT: Kaikoura, Chch quakes prove we can't afford to be complacent about disasters.

Researchers exploring innovative ways to tackle NZ's poor level of disaster-preparedness.

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.

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.

The terms of reference for the inquiry centred on Southern Response has been released.

850 tonnes of mud and sand flushed away seafloor life in Kaikoura Canyon.

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.

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.

NZ's earliest settlement, the Wairau Bar, has since been hit by major quakes and tsunamis.

Scientists have launched an $8m effort to understand the threats landslides pose to us.

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.