Christchurch 'ready' for return of tests
Canterbury officials are confident the country's newest test venue will scrub up impressively when New Zealand meet Sri Lanka at Hagley Oval beginning on Friday.
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Decade on, Aceh looks to future
"I had never seen in my life so much destruction and death on such a massive scale. I remember going to a place called Lambaro, just outside Banda Aceh...
Memory of ruin still raw
Mike Bush was in Bangkok when the Boxing Day earthquake struck and even though he was 1250km from the epicentre, he felt it.
Strong earthquake hits Canterbury
A strong earthquake rumbled the Canterbury region in the early hours today.
10 best science stories of 2014
From potential taxes on sugary drinks to the ancestry of our kiwi, science has offered plenty of headlines this year.
$214m in unauthorised public spending
Costs associated with the Christchurch rebuild account for the bulk of $214 million of unauthorised public spending in the past year, according to a new review.
Small quake shakes lower North Island
A small earthquake shook the lower North Island this morning.
Pressure goes on State Services boss
Pressure is mounting on State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie after it emerged he ignored advice to exclude Cera boss Roger Sutton from a press conference.
Editorial: Other side of Sutton affair needs airing
Roger Sutton attracted a large amount of public sympathy when he resigned this week.
Large quake strikes North Island
A large earthquake has struck off the coast of the North Island this morning, leading some buildings in Rotorua to be evacuated.
Alpine Fault's high temperatures
A team of scientists drilling deep into the South Island's high-risk Alpine Fault have been intrigued to encounter unusually high temperatures just several hundred metres below ground.
Cats sealed into walls
Builders accidentally sealed a Christchurch cat into a wall of a house for two days, before sealing her again into a neighbouring house's ceiling for a week.
East Coast rattled by 5.3 quake
The East Coast was rattled by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake this morning.
Magnitude 2.6 quake shakes Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire in England was hit by an earthquake, experts have confirmed, as social media sites were flooded with reports of a tremor.
Quakes moving us closer to S America
A newly-discovered type of quake below the east coast has heaved the North Island closer to Chile - but only by the length of a pineapple lump.
Earthquakes shake Southland
Two earthquakes have shaken western Southland tonight, including a magnitude 6.2 quake of “severe” intensity.
Quake shakes North Island's east coast
A strong quake has shaken the lower east coast of the North Island this morning.
Scientists drill into Alpine Fault
A team of 100 scientists and engineers has begun drilling a 1.3km-deep borehole into the Alpine Fault to gather information about the inner workings of the fault line.
Quake shakes lower North Island
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the lower North Island around 2.30am this morning.
Earthquake rattles the Wanganui region
A moderate earthquake rattled the Wanganui region today. The 3.9 magnitude tremor hit at 7.28am, GNS Science said.
Tip of Dunedin's quake iceberg released
A register of Dunedin's earthquake-prone buildings has been made public for the first time, but it is likely to represent only the tip of the iceberg, the Dunedin City Council says.
Brian Gaynor: Port takeover bid raises important issues
Politics playing a big part in questions raised by council offer.
Moderate quake rattles Tararua District
A moderate earthquake rattled the Tararua District today.
A bucket list to avoid
Four years ago today, Cantabrians were tossed out of their beds at 4.35am.
CTV collapse: Families hope for justice
Families of the 115 people killed in the CTV building collapse during the 2011 Canterbury quake are hopeful justice will be served by a criminal investigation.
White Island quakes typical - GeoNet
A spate of small earthquakes around White Island today is not unusual and is nothing to worry about, seismologist John Ristau says.
Couple falsely told quake house was safe
"Whatever we pointed out - he said, 'no that's historical." A Christchurch couple say an EQC engineer who assessed their house falsely told them it was safe.
Quake of 6.0 has California on edge
The most powerful earthquake to strike California for 25 years has heightened fears that the state may soon face a "mega-quake" with a strength exceeding 7.5.