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.

Civil Defence is warning that a 150m high dam is at risk of failure after heavy rain.

As Govt announces its relief package, Kaikoura businesses spell out what they need to survive.

Parts of CentrePort have been reopened and are ready for business while preliminary assessment on Statistics House begins.

Brits evacuated from the quake zone grateful to the people of Kaikoura.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce is tipped to announce a support package today for businesses and the 800 workers in the town.

Ten months after the destructive February 2011 earthquake, an independent review of the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management's response was undertaken.

Modern buildings in central Wellington should never have been so badly damaged in Monday's quake and only lucky timing prevented any deaths, a seismic engineer says.

The landscape around Kaikoura has been forever changed and is all too clear from above

A multi-million dollar racing car test track situated near Monday's mega-quake epicentre is "pretty much ruined", says its Australian IT tycoon owner.

Comments by Destiny Church leader Bishop Brian Tamaki outrage rainbow community advocate and human rights commissioner.

Kaikoura's internationally famous "quake cows" are safe and sound and "back in business" today.

Prime Minister John Key has promised fast-track help to keep Kaikoura businesses on their feet.

Geotechnical engineers face an "unprecedented" challenge in tackling the many large landslides that have blocked quake-damaged Kaikoura's coastal State Highway 1.

The elevation of Monday's quake from a magnitude 7.5 to 7.8 makes it compare in size only with four other New Zealand quakes in the past 150 years.

Farmers in quake-battered North Canterbury are rallying together, pitching in for supplies, sharing gear, and helping out on damaged properties.

The change means aftershocks may be larger in magnitude for a longer period of time.

Prime Minister talks about whether emergency legislation might be required in wake of Kaikoura quake

Peter and Jules Wallace have suffered enough. And now this.

It was a day of rescuing travellers stranded in Kaikoura and reassuring those left behind as the PM dropped in to survey the scene in Kaikoura today.