Earthquake victim Jo-Anne Mackinnon was laid to rest with a hair raising haka in her hometown.

Dates have been set for NCEA scholarship history and chemistry exams, which were cancelled following last week's earthquake.

It may be months before inner-city Wellington residents are allowed home.

Looters leave Champagne, Christmas cookies and car parts strewn along quake-ravaged rail corridor.

Papamoa father Justin Cheyne has offered his 4-bedroom home to a South Island quake family to use free during the Christmas New Year

No place on Earth is safe from the force of Mother Nature but countries on the "Ring of Fire" are certainly most vulnerable.

For the tiny community of Scargill, last night's aftershock was worse than the big one of a week ago.

A weak earthquake which hit near White Island this morning has been felt throughout the North Island. The 4.7 quake was recorded

A scientist has shared an up-close look at how last week's 7.8 quake hoisted up Kaikoura's coastline.

The people of Hastings are to make a $50,000 contribution towards relief efforts following the Kaikoura earthquake last week. At

Prime Property Group is standing by the manager who allowed tenants to live in a commercial building on Molesworth St in Wellington, which is now being demolished.

A strong aftershock sends fearful people out of their homes for the night.

COMMENT: Having some of their money outside New Zealand is crucial for long-term investors, Mark Lister writes.

COMMENT: Three major shakes in South Island in the last six years, have highlighted how the enemy we are most likely to have to front is the one within.

The ruined State Highway 1 along Kaikoura's pulverised coast will be rebuilt - with the prospect that huge rockfalls will be bulldozed into the sea.

Yesterday's earthquake off the coast of Japan brought back memories of the 2011 disaster for many locals.

Wellington's Lambton House building was partially evacuated after a technician found a "potentially hazardous" substance in a lift well.

The key remaining route to Kaikoura is closed and some residents are being forced to sleep outside after a strong 5.7 aftershock on Tuesday evening.

The first baby has been born in Kaikoura since it was rattled by a devastating 7.8 earthquake.

Last Monday's earthquake should be a wake-up call about the risks commercial building owners overlook when it comes to non-structural items, say experts.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges on Kaikoura road damage.

Kaikoura residents talk about the psychological effects of the recent earthquake.

The earthquake-shattered main road linking Picton and Christchurch will "definitely" be closed for at least the next six months, the Transport Minister says.

Opening access to SH1 on the south side of Kaikoura will happen "quite a way before we open up to the north", Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has told Kaikoura.

Scientists have revealed astonishing new insights into how the 7.8-magnitude quake affected New Zealand's seabed.

A wage subsidy package offered by the Government to small businesses in Kaikoura and nearby communities will be extended to larger businesses.

The 5.4 magnitude quake struck at 1.21pm 70km south east of Porangahau, at a depth of 40km.

Geonet reports that the earthquake, which struck at 1.19pm, was at a depth of 40km.

Statistics NZ staff are moving into a new home after the 7.8 earthquake partially collapsed its headquarters at CentrePort.

Residents were urged to "evacuate immediately" after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Fukushima prefecture in Japan, sparking a tsunami warning.