British woman Kaikoura Stuart has a message for the people of the town she was named after.

Kara Lynn left Christchurch after the 2011 earthquake and has now had a new fault line open up near her Sherwood property following Monday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake.

The historic Hurunui Hotel in North Canterbury has been temporarily closed following Monday’s earthquake. But it’s owner is hopeful it will soon be declared safe to re-open.

Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall have sent a message to all New Zealanders affected by this week's devastating 7.8 magnitude quake.

4WD emergency team laden with supplies has been denied the ability to deliver the badly needed food and relief

He lost his partner, his home and is sore all over after the weekend's devastating earthquake in the northeastern South Island.

John Key says the Government expects to announce measures for a national disaster warning system which will "blast a message out to everyone".

Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Gerry Brownlee said he is disgusted with the people who have looted earthquake victims' homes and a train.

MPI has denied reports it sent a letter to volunteers today stating they can continue moving paua along Kaikoura's coastline - paua should be left where they are.

Anyone with concerns about their building shouldn't hesitate to ask their landlord or body corporate if it's been inspected by a qualified engineer.

A helicopter owner has offered to fly the body of Jo-Anne Mackinnon home for burial in Kaikoura.

Statistics New Zealand has hit out at claims its quake-damaged headquarters could be demolished.

Hundreds of home checks have been carried out in the worst-hit areas by Red Cross personnel since Monday's 7.8 quake.

One of the car park buildings at Lower Hutt's Queensgate shopping centre has been found to have suffered structural damage in Monday's 7.8 magnitude quake.

Peter Dunne has echoed calls from the public to strip Destiny Church of its tax-exempt status.

It's critical shellfish and rock lobsters in Kaikoura's new intertidal zone are protected, MPI says.

COMMENT: It's time New Zealand dropped its famed "number eight wire" mentality and "she'll be right" attitude.

The US Admiral who ordered the USS Sampson to divert to the earthquake disaster zone has a long history with New Zealand.

Thousands of workers and residents of Wellington's CBD have been displaced, as engineers continue to detect damage incurred to buildings.

The number of aftershocks since Monday's big quake has topped 2800.

It is too soon to say how the earthquake recovery costs will impact on any tax-cut plans by National, says the Finance Minister.

COMMENT: I'm heartened by outpourings of aroha and kindness in a time of need.

COMMENT: I was in the basement vault last night counting my money when I heard a deep rumbling in Earth. "Hannah," I called out, "it's those gays again!"

A 27 truck military convoy battled poor weather and the threat of more landslides to deliver 8860 litres of fuel and 10,000 litres of water to Kaikoura today.

Four people, including two children, from Waiau, North Canterbury have contracted norovirus in the last two days, Canterbury DHB says. The

They've received so many food and water parcels, Ivan says he can't take a shower because it's filled with bottles.

They're relocating paua by the tonne. About 40 tonnes were expected to have been cut free from the rocks along the Kaikoura coastline by this afternoon.

A huge landslide has filled a valley in the ranges of quake-stricken Kaikoura.

Police have arrested three local men in relation to the looting of a freight train stranded north of Kaikoura after Monday's powerful

This could be the perfect postcard of rural New Zealand ... but this rural idyll has become the Ground Zero of Monday's mammoth magnitude-7.8 earthquake.