Updated map with data from geonet.org.nz showing the 6.2 earthquake and the following aftershocks for the lower North Island of New Zealand.

Yesterday's 6.2 magnitude earthquake caused an agricultural chemical spill on a Palmerston North farm, resulting in one man being sent to hospital.

Scientists expect quake activity in Wairarapa for weeks after yesterday's 6.2 shake.

A "severe'' 6.2 quake that hit the lower North Island today has toppled walls and chimneys and sent rockfalls across roads, with a building in Masterton red-stickered due to damage.

Donovan Cowley sent nzherald.co.nz this reaction on camera of his daughter Cameryn to today's 6.2 earthquake, she was filming herself when the earth started shaking. Also before Race 11 in the Manawatu, the earthquake is captured in the moments leading up to the start of the race.

The lower North Island has been shaken by a strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake this afternoon.

Earthquake claim fraudsters are still being hunted down almost three years on from the city's devastating quakes.

Seddon has been shaken by another earthquake this morning. The quake measured 3.7 in magnitude and rattled the area at 12.48am this morning, according to GeoNet.

Scientists say lights from electrical discharges are a sign of stress at faultlines and can give warning of big shakes

A large magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Southland in the early hours of this morning.

The Human Rights Commission has called for the Government to consider rent-control measures following major natural disasters.

An EQC customer satisfaction survey has been cleared of deliberately excluding thousands of unhappy claimants after an independent review.

A Christchurch couple are not entitled to a "windfall payment" over their red zoned house, according to a judgement released today.

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake has shaken Wellington and Seddon this afternoon.

A man who lost his wife when the Canterbury Television building collapsed in the February 2011 earthquake is adding his voice to calls for the unkempt site to be tidied.

The Government has been only partially successful in appealing against a landmark High Court decision which ruled the red zone created in the aftermath of Christchurch's earthquakes was illegal.

A false alarm that triggered Whakatane's tsunami warning system last night has prompted fears residents might ignore a genuine alert.

One of the world's leading earthquake scientists has called on New Zealand to adopt cutting-edge technology that could give people as much as 25 seconds' warning.

Canterbury's unique geological setting has led scientists to believe the earthquake sequence it has experienced could likely not happen anywhere else in the world.

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake rattled through Christchurch early last night.

A strong earthquake that hit Christchurch overnight has had its magnitude upgraded by GNS Science.

The rate of serious stomach bugs in Christchurch increased 14-fold in the month after the 2011 earthquake, a Canterbury University researcher has found.

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck south of Hastings in the early hours of this morning.

A Christchurch couple has returned from a trip to Japan to visit the family of a student they hosted who was killed in the February 2011 earthquake.