Houses in Marlborough too dangerous to enter
Eight properties in Marlborough have been identified as being too badly damaged to be entered.
Eight properties in Marlborough have been identified as being too badly damaged to be entered.
BNZ's Harbour Quays building won't reopen for months following damage to CentrePort in the 7.8 earthquake.
Whale Watch Kaikoura is overwhelmed by the support they have received following a temporary closure after Monday's quake.
New concerns that heavy rain could bring flooding to the east coast of the South Island.
Reading Car Park building on Wakefield Street has just been added to the list of buildings with serious structural damage. There are now three buildings with this classification. Tristram Clayton is at the scene as residents are asked to evacuate.
The road into Waiau will be "average" for some time, locals say, but the community is already rebuilding their lives after Monday's devastating earthquake.
A petition against Destiny Church's tax-free status is gaining momentum - with 102,000 signatures and climbing.
Residents of Collina Terrace in Central Wellington have been allowed to briefly return to their houses to collect essential possessions.
A Civil Defence helicopter made a nappy run to a remote part of Marlborough to bring supplies to a family with a young baby who have been cut off.
Power, water and road access is slowly being restored to earthquake-hit areas of the South Island as crews work around the clock.
Residents of Collina Terrace in Central Wellington have been allowed to briefly return to their houses to collect essential possessions.
Cordons have been reduced in quake-damaged Wellington but the fate of dozens of buildings is still unclear. Our reporter Tristram Clayton is at the scene.
The probability of another plus-7 magnitude quake within the next month has fallen - but the chances of multiple large aftershocks remains a virtual certainty.
Services slowly return to normal across Marlborough but many still advised to boil water.
Science reporter Jamie Morton talks to GNS Science earthquake geologist Dr Rob Langridge, who has been on the ground mapping damage around Marlborough.
There are going to be a lot of fit office workers in Wellington with the city's 2500 needing surveying.
Questions are being asked about why key government buildings in Wellington have been impacted so badly, as concerns about more buildings emerge.
Kaikoura locals are beginning to join the exodus out of their quake ravaged settlement. With 1000 tourists successfully evacuated
Geologists find previously unknown faultlines surface after Monday's 7.8 quake.
Trapped between two slips and cut off from news of the outside world, traumatised evacuees from Kaikoura tell their stories.
Bernadine Oliver-Kerby talks to Katie Milne from Federated Farmers about how the Kaikoura earthquake and subsequent aftershocks have affected livestock, milk production, the farmers and their families.
"If in doubt, get professional advice from an engineer or a surveyor," is the advice for homeowners affected by the quakes.
A further public health message has been issued for quake affected communities.
The capital is coming to terms with the financial impact of the week's devastating earthquakes.
The military will today drop in on people cut off by this week's quake.
Tourists and locals arrived in Christchurch after long night aboard Navy ship.
The escalation of the Kaikoura Earthquake in magnitude from 7.5 to 7.8 now puts its power on a par with the equivalent energy release of 400 atomic bombs detonating.
Spark will waive the usual fees for moving or terminating a broadband contract early for people forced to move as a result of this week's earthquakes.
The changes to the freight routes in and out of Canterbury have seen an 18 per cent increase in cost.