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![Key calls Tamaki's comments 'madness'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Key calls Tamaki's comments 'madness'
The PM and Kaikoura's mayor have dismissed Brain Tamaki's comments blaming the devastating earthquakes on "gays, murderers and sinners".
![Kaikoura quake: a scientist's perspective](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Kaikoura quake: a scientist's perspective
What's it like to be part of the team at GNS Science when a big quake hits? Seismologist Dr Helen Anderson shares an insight.
![More Wellington towers evacuated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
More Wellington towers evacuated
Elderly residents of a retirement village in the upmarket suburb of Khandallah are among those who have been evacuated.
![Brian Tamaki blames sinners for quakes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Brian Tamaki blames sinners for quakes
Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki has blamed earthquakes on gays, sinners, and murderers.
![Watch NZH Focus: Structural damage to Wellington CBD](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch NZH Focus: Structural damage to Wellington CBD
Join Bernadine Oliver-Kerby as she talks to political reporter Isaac Davison in Wellington. A big part of Wellington’s CBD is in a holding pattern at the moment after Monday’s quake.
![Can animals sense earthquakes?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Can animals sense earthquakes?
The latest earthquake again prompted reports of animals behaving strangely just before the main shock hit. What does science say?
![Volcanoes keep quiet amid quakes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Volcanoes keep quiet amid quakes
It appears our volcanoes have slept through the Kaikoura quake, with monitoring equipment showing only a few tremors over recent days.
![Watch NZH Focus: How we can help quake victims?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch NZH Focus: How we can help quake victims?
We speak to Red Cross spokesman Gemma Snowdon about how we can help with the earth quake relief.
![Watch NZH Focus: Mayor during Christchurch quakes on infrastructure rebuild](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch NZH Focus: Mayor during Christchurch quakes on infrastructure rebuild
Join Bernadine Oliver-Kerby as she talks to Sir Bob Parker, former mayor of Christchurch. Few know the massive task of rebuilding and simply coping with a disaster of this magnitude than Sir Parker who was mayor during devastating quakes of 2011 and 2012.
![Q&A: Tips to help cope with disaster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Q&A: Tips to help cope with disaster
Associate Professor Sarb Johal of Massey University's School of Psychology shares some tips on how to cope with quake-related stress and anxiety.
![Watch NZH Focus: The Beehive's response to the earthquake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch NZH Focus: The Beehive's response to the earthquake
Join Tristram Clayton as he talks to Newstalk ZB's political reporter Barry Soper for the latest update from Wellington.
![GeoNet: 22% chance of 7.0+ aftershock this month](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
GeoNet: 22% chance of 7.0+ aftershock this month
The probability of another huge quake over magnitude 7 in the next 24 hours has been put at 4 per cent - but at 14 per cent in the next week and 22 per cent across the next 30 days.
![Watch: Kaikoura: Business owners cleaning up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: Kaikoura: Business owners cleaning up
Hunting and Fishing's Anton Evans remains stoic despite the damage and his business grinding to a hault.
![Watch: Earth moves for newlyweds in Kaikoura](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: Earth moves for newlyweds in Kaikoura
Newlyweds Edward and Lesley-Anne were staying positive despite being in the thick of earthquakes and after shocks in Kaikoura
![Watch: Kaikoura: Marae opens doors to stricken tourists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: Kaikoura: Marae opens doors to stricken tourists
The Takahanga Marae opened its doors to help stranded tourists and stricken locals.
![Watch: Kaikoura: People queue over an hour once supermarket opens](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: Kaikoura: People queue over an hour once supermarket opens
People queued for more than an hour after New World opened its doors today.
![7.5 quake: Five big questions answered](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
7.5 quake: Five big questions answered
Could Monday's quake trigger a sleeper tsunami or an Alpine Fault quake? Are we living in an era of quakes? Science reporter Jamie Morton tackles the big questions.
![How was this building so badly damaged?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
How was this building so badly damaged?
The boss of Statistics NZ has posted a message saying she has been left questioning how such a new building could be so badly affected by yesterday morning's quakes.
![Watch: Flooding in Stokes Valley Lower Hutt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: Flooding in Stokes Valley Lower Hutt
Source: Facebook: Tracey Po Ching. Flooding in Horoeka St, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, Wellington
![Watch: ZB: Chelsea Daniels on how tourists in Kaikoura are coping](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: ZB: Chelsea Daniels on how tourists in Kaikoura are coping
NewstalkZB’s reporter Chelsea Daniels on how tourists in Kaikoura are coping.
![Watch: ZB: Kaikoura Mayor Winston Grey](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: ZB: Kaikoura Mayor Winston Grey
Kaikoura Mayor Winston Grey talks about how locals are feeling in his town and exactly what the damage is like in the town.
![Watch: ZB - Kurt Bayer in Hamner Springs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: ZB - Kurt Bayer in Hamner Springs
New Zealand Herald Reporter Kurt Bayer is in the tourist town of Hamner Springs.
![Watch: ZB: Brian Ashby with Kaikoura tourists being airlifted](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: ZB: Brian Ashby with Kaikoura tourists being airlifted
NewstalkZB’s Brian Ashby is with Kaikoura tourists who have been airlifted out.
![Watch NZH Focus: Storm causing major chaos in the capital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch NZH Focus: Storm causing major chaos in the capital
Wellington has been hit by torrential weather closing both state highway one and two - cutting off the city. Join Bernadine Oliver-Kerby for the latest.
![Watch: Extensive flooding in Wellington cutting off roads](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: Extensive flooding in Wellington cutting off roads
Rain continues to fall in Wellington following Monday's earthquakes placing increasing pressure on the region
![Telcos unite to restore Kaikoura phones](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Telcos unite to restore Kaikoura phones
People in the Kaikoura region are likely to experience degraded phone services for an extended period of time.
![Watch: Highways flooded along the Wellington coast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Watch: Highways flooded along the Wellington coast
Source: David Kyle. Heavy flooding is effecting Wellington roads including main highways.