Twenty-two people have now died as a result of the disaster.

Hidden quakes may be key to forecasting threat from big-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone.

Study focuses on disruption to economy, infrastructure and road to recovery post eruption.

Minister for Emergency Services Kiri Allan provides an update as the city remains under a state of emergency as the record-breaking amount of rain continues to fall. Video / Warren Buckland / Paul Taylor / FENZ

Dramatic stories of survival have emerged after rain pummelled the Hawke's bay.

There will be one point of contact for those who need to make a claim.

Survivors are pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Turkey. Video / AP

Beachfront residents did not hear sirens or receive texts in tsunami alert test.

The test is a routine one done twice a year at the change of daylight saving.

There's no end in sight for some Canterbury earthquake insurance claimants.

Kiwis overwhelmingly want a national early warning system for quakes. How would it work?

Anna Song, her son Taeyang Rikiti and mother Rose Kim were killed by a landslide in South Korea. Video / Alan Gibson / AP

Rotorua has been hit by a number of small earthquakes early this morning.

A lockdown-induced "anthropause" could teach us more about previously hidden quakes.

NZ-designed system could've given 16 hours' warning of deadly eruption, scientists say.

The Hikuwai River has burst its banks spilling over State Highway 35 while driftwood is beginning to pile up along Tolaga Bay. Video / UAWA LIVE

Wild weather continues to lash Northland with widespread flooding and slips. Video / Kevin Thorne / Rachel Ward / Scott Thomson

A BP staffer said customers were stuck for some time.

Focus Live: Multiple people have been rescued from their cars as torrential rain caused floodwaters to rise in Auckland and Coromandel. Video / Will Trafford

Focus Live: A magnitude 6 earthquake has struck the lower South Island 40km west of Milford Sound. Video / Will Trafford

The shortest day of the year brings slips, flooding and road disruptions across the Coromandel. Video / Supplied

The clean up begins after a large slip blocking Shelly Bay Road in Wellington. Video / Katie Harris

The honeymooners plan to seek damages from both the cruise line and the tour operators.

'They just shouldn't have been there at all.'

A 3.4 magnitude shake in Christchurch was followed by a 5.0 jolt in Fiordland.

New account of helicopter pilot Brian Depauw's life-saving instructions to his passengers.

EQC 'poorly prepared' for 2010 and 2011 quakes, public inquiry finds.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced $500,000 in funding to help their Government.

Will we appreciate the little things more? Will we be kinder?

Many were killed before they could even get out of bed, authorities said.