New report out on Wellington CBD buildings damaged by last month's earthquake reveals who is worst affected and which buildings are shut.

Three weeks on from the 7.8 Kaikoura quake, companies are struggling.

A badly quake-damaged stretch of State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura could be reopened by mid-December, says Simon Bridges.

Canterbury's Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to drive with caution while the Lewis Pass alternate highway (State Highway 7)

A new satellite-based tool published by Landcare Research has provided one of the clearest views yet of what changes last month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake wrought on the landscape.

Nearly a dozen dams formed by landslides in the devastating Kaikoura quake are being closely monitored for fear of collapsing.

Rebecca Keats has reached out to Ellen DeGeneres to see if she can "use her magic" to help out a Kaikoura bakery after the quake.

Creaking metal and roaring machinery have heralded the end of Queensgate mall's cinema.

Twenty-three Kaikoura farms have had no milk pick-ups since the Kaikoura quakes hit on November 14.

Wellington City Council says they will not be held to an earlier plan to recheck buildings after a magnitude 5 or above tremor.

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake has struck 10km east of Seddon.

National MP Paul Foster-Bell has spoken out for the first time about his sexuality in response to Brian Tamaki linking homosexuality to earthquakes.

The "drag queen disco" protest outside Destiny Church today was a great success, says the organiser.

According to Tamaki, Harry Potter is a tool to recruit people toward evil.

Amazing NASA photos have revealed new land off the coast of Kaikoura, raised out of ocean the by last month's 7.8 magnitude earthquake

Owners of a top Wellington restaurant could be left tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket from last month's earthquake.

The demolition of a quake-damaged Wellington office tower has revealed the extent of alleged illegal tenancies in the building.

Wellington will get its High Court back in the new year, but only once water and earthquake damage is repaired.

A second baby blue penguin has been welcomed to Picton's EcoWorld.

Govt says a public message about unusual seismic activity under the North Island was not a cause for alarm.

A message from Pope Francis will be delivered this weekend to Kiwis affected by last month's Kaikoura earthquake.

This very cute, very tiny penguin has been rescued by tourists.

Part of a mall now at risk of a collapse after last month's tremors is coming down today.

Tourism will weather last month's magnitude 7.8 quake, but Treasury is warning the total cost of the disaster could reach up to $3 billion.

The moderate quake, which was 24km deep, jolted Kaikoura just before 6.15pm.

A dream to run a surf school from a new seaside home is out of reach after the earthquake left a Kaikoura family out of pocket.

Information centre will help people and businesses recover after the November 14 quake.

The Kaikoura Earthquake will cost the Government up to $3 billion, the Treasury estimates.

There are now four buildings at Wellington's CentrePort which could be demolished following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

Lotto will be donating all profits from next Saturday's draw to the quake relief.