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'We need more tents, more medicine'
Rescuers struggled to help thousands of people injured and left homeless after their houses collapsed in a major earthquake in southwestern Pakistan, while the death toll from the massive temblor there rose to 285.
Quake creates new island
Alongside the carnage of Pakistan's massive earthquake came a new creation: a small island of mud, stone and bubbling gas pushed forth from the seabed.
Pre-quake 'time machine'
An application developed by Christchurch researchers allows people to walk its streets and see how they looked before the earthquakes.
Faults off West Coast capable of causing 7.8 magnitude quakes
Faults off the West Coast are capable of causing earthquakes up to magnitude 7.8, seismic research shows. They are the type that generate tsunamis and it's unknown when they will rupture.
Contractors charged with burglaries at quake-damaged homes
Three men were charged by police.
Vote saves Christchurch Town Hall
The earthquake-damaged Christchurch Town Hall has been saved after city councillors unanimously voted in favour of a $127.5 million full restoration plan today.
Hall restoration plan 'a masterpiece'
A restoration plan to save the earthquake-damaged Christchurch Town Hall has been hailed as a "masterpiece" by the internationally acclaimed building's architect.
Rodney Hide: Toughen up and banish fear
Rodney Hide is putting his hand up to say that we are overdoing the safety thing.
Wellington residents to be given all-clear to return
Central Wellington residents forced out of their homes due to an earthquake-damaged lift shaft are expected to be given the all-clear to return on Friday.
'We got the right result in the end'
A Christchurch pensioner "roughed up'' by armed police while protecting his quake-hit property has welcomed watchdog findings which slams the officers' actions.
Cake Tin gets all-clear for test match
Westpac Stadium has received the all-clear to host Saturday's Bledisloe Cup rugby clash in Wellington.
4000 EQC claims after Friday's quake
More than 4000 claims have poured into the Earthquake Commission following the central New Zealand earthquakes back in July, and damage assessment will begin today.
Tremors on path down country
A sequence of quakes rattling the centre of the country appears to be shifting down the South Island and away from Wellington.
Five Seddon homes ruled uninhabitable
The Red Cross has wound down its operations in Seddon after Friday's earthquake damaged homes, leaving some uninhabitable.
One-in-five chance of another 6
People in central New Zealand are living with a 20 per cent - one in five - chance of another magnitude six quake in the next week, a scientist says.
Street unites to beat the fears
Residents in one of the Marlborough streets battered by this week's quakes are seeking solace from each other while anxiously awaiting aftershocks.
Seddon residents take off
Residents were fleeing Seddon last night after a 5.5 earthquake rattled the quake-weary town.