An earthquake GeoNet categorised as "severe" was felt widely across the South Island this morning.

Emergency crews trying to extract a man trapped inside his overturned four-wheel-drive looked up for a second and then got on with the job.

A lack of medical facilities is heightening the crisis for people in quake-ravaged Nepal, said New Zealand aid agency MEND.

Trekkers on Base Camp, many being experienced adventure seekers, relive their experiences of Nepal's earthquake.

The earthquake centred 30km north-west of Wanaka at 5km deep. New Zealand Police said people reported some instances of broken windows but no major damage.

A New Zealander feared missing in Nepal after a large earthquake struck the nation has been found, but two more are still unaccounted for.

A rescue dog has provided a dog's-eye view of the destruction in Nepal as he helps with the rescue efforts.

Two women and one man were rescued alive in north-east Nepal yesterday, eight days after the earthquake that hit the Himalayan country.

Peter Hillary and Jamling Tenzing Norgay, whose fathers scaled Everest for the first time, witnessed the Nepal earthquake and avalanche first hand.

Three New Zealanders thought to have been missing in Nepal have contacted their families to let them know they're safe, as three remain unaccounted for.

Kiwi backpacker Doran Graham spent more than three hours smashing through concrete and moving debris to help rescue a man trapped under rubble in Nepal.

Tower may record small net loss in first half on quake adjustment as underlying earnings grow.

Dozens of international health-care professionals and emergency medical aid workers crammed into a small co-ordination office in Kathmandu looking for direction on how to assist in relief efforts....

Can earthquakes ever be predicted? This question is timely after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal recently.

A Nepalese man living in Gisborne has been moved to tears by the generosity of a man who paid for him to fly to be with his homeless sisters.

More than $200,000 has been raised by New Zealanders for victims of last week's devastating Nepal earthquake, the Himalayan Trust says.

Earthquake engineers often say earthquakes don’t kill people, collapsing buildings do.

A candle-lit vigil will be held in Christchurch Friday, to show support for the Nepalese community following last week’s devastating earthquake.

The full scale of the devastation in Nepal is only just beginning to come to light leaving the country facing a host of challenges.

Research in the Himalaya is beginning to shed light on the processes that lead to earthquakes, and understand the threat they pose to local people.

“The environment is obviously dangerous. The view is there’s probably another 5000 bodies in the rubble. Children are just playing in that environment."

A five-star hotel in the capital city of Nepal has been accused of only letting wealthy visitors into the grounds and refusing to help.

Remote mountainside villages in quake-ravaged Nepal are facing a wait of days before aid workers can assess their needs.

Auckland woman Alicia Scroggins, 21, was having the time of her life in Nepal, before disaster struck on Saturday.

A New Zealand guiding company's team have all been rescued by helicopter from the Western Cwm on Mt Everest, but 17 other people were stranded overnight.

Acting Prime Minister Bill English told Parliament that New Zealand stood with the international community in readiness to help.

Lucette Dillon says she will never be able to describe the “pure terror” she experienced in Kathmandu on Saturday, as the deadly 7.8 earthquake violently shook the house she was in.