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.

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

More than 5000 emergency bags have been sold since the November 14 earthquake.

"Gobsmacking" drone footage has captured an up-close view of a massive canyon created near Mt Lyford by this month's 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake.

Primary school children in earthquake-hit Kaikoura returned to school and a sense of normality today.

AUT and Colab lecturer Dr Stefan Marks used a virtual reality simulation to visualise the 14 November 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake and every earthquake in New Zealand since 1900. Source: AUT

GeoNet technicians reach new heights of Kiwi ingenuity as they work in the quake zone. .

People are scrambling to get hold of 200 litre water storage tanks.

The New Zealand Transport Agency is taking over control of what's become the Kaikoura Emergency Access Road along the old State Highway 70.

When Stevie arrived and saw Richie McCaw standing in front of a helicopter she was "gobsmacked, speechless", her mother said.

Geologists discover three large historic quakes on an active southern fault and suspected another big one was due to hit.

Scientists working in North Canterbury have captured incredible images showing the fractures in the landscape wrought by this month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake.

Dr Kate Pedley went to find ruptures in the Waiau region around the original epicentre. The amount of associated rockfall, landslides and slumps were incredible.

A dearth of qualified scaffolding workers could be be a setback for the earthquake rebuild, an industry group says.

A house moved eight metres in the Kaikoura earthquake, scientists have established.

Two weeks after the catastrophic 7.8 quake, Kaikoura continues to be rocked by nasty late night tremors.

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An 18-year-old university student cycled over two hours along Kaikoura's quake-stricken coastline driven by one goal - to catch a flight.

Dylan Moran is one of the residents who has vacated the building he lives in after discovering visible damage.

Christmas will be tough this year for 39 Lower Hutt Event Cinema workers who have just lost their jobs.

The Government will urgently pass quake recovery laws which allow landslips in the South Island to be cleared into the ocean without consent.

Early estimate puts Kaikoura Quake insured losses at US$3.5bn, with 50 per cent of the cost incurred in Wellington.