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![Large quake rocks Gisborne](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Large quake rocks Gisborne
A relatively large earthquake struck off the coast of the North Island's East Coast overnight.
![Victory for Chch couple](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Victory for Chch couple
Insurance giant Tower must pay out a Christchurch couple for a like-for-like replacement on another site, after their home was damaged in the earthquakes.
![Shaky Isles are also moving isles](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Shaky Isles are also moving isles
New Zealand is moving by 4cm a year, new satellite surveys have revealed, as tectonic forces deform the land surface by stretching, slimming and sliding it southward.
![Disabled Kiwis left behind by quake plans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Disabled Kiwis left behind by quake plans
Large parts of the country's building stock will be off-limits for disabled people under a proposal to trim the cost of upgrading thousands of earthquake-prone buildings, advocacy groups have warned.
![Quakes prompt uni's new security](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Quakes prompt uni's new security
The University of Canterbury's new high-tech security system is designed to speed up response times to critical incidents like natural disasters.
![Clamour for survival kits after earthquake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Clamour for survival kits after earthquake
Panicked Aucklanders have been snapping up emergency kits in the wake of last Sunday's earthquakes.
![Consumer Watch: Policy shock for owners](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Consumer Watch: Policy shock for owners
How much would your house cost to build? If you don't know and don't want to rely on your CV or an insurer's online calculator, you may be facing a $500 bill from a valuer when a major change to the way insurance policies work kicks in.
![Two shakes, maybe more to come](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Two shakes, maybe more to come
Aucklanders have been reassured that a big earthquake is highly unlikely, although a geologist says the rare pair that struck yesterday might be a sign of more to come.
![Quake rattles Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Quake rattles Auckland
A "moderate" 3.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Auckland today was the biggest in the city since February 2007.
![Solomons reeling in wake of double disaster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Solomons reeling in wake of double disaster
More than 6400 people in the remote Santa Cruz Islands in Temotu Province, 500km east of Honiara in the Solomon Islands, are coming to terms with devastation and loss wrought by the double disaster of an earthquake and tsunami last month.
![Red zone squatters a fire risk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Red zone squatters a fire risk
Damaged chimneys and homeless people are likely to lead to more abandoned red zone properties going up in flames this winter, firefighters fear.
![Presbytery in danger](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Presbytery in danger
The 1888 Gothic revival presbytery beside St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral in Auckland CBD is an earthquake-prone building.
![Plan a massive over reaction to quakes: super-safe landlord](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Plan a massive over reaction to quakes: super-safe landlord
When Queen St's Imperial Laneway got its $15 million makeover a couple of years ago, owners poured $4 million into seismic strengthening.
![NZ buildings on course for change](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
NZ buildings on course for change
Our building stock could look radically different in the next few years as owners and architects introduce new seismic elements, an expert says.