The earthquake-stricken Reading Cinema carpark building in central Wellington will be demolished.

Three weeks on from the 7.8 Kaikoura quake, companies are struggling.

A new satellite-based tool published by Landcare Research has provided one of the clearest views yet of what changes last month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake wrought on the landscape.

Wellington City Council says they will not be held to an earlier plan to recheck buildings after a magnitude 5 or above tremor.

Many Kiwis affected by the 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake will need "significant ongoing psychological support", the PM's chief science adviser says.

National MP Paul Foster-Bell has spoken out for the first time about his sexuality in response to Brian Tamaki linking homosexuality to earthquakes.

An Icelandic volcano brought much of the world's air travel to a halt. And then it brought the world to Iceland.

There are now four buildings at Wellington's CentrePort which could be demolished following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

"Gobsmacking" drone footage has captured an up-close view of a massive canyon created near Mt Lyford by this month's 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake.

COMMENT: The shaking may have shattered homes, dreams and livelihoods, but the spirit of the people remains unbroken.

COMMENT: Earthquakes make New Zealand great. We would not have a country without them.

Don't expect to be given an early warning of an approaching quake like they get in Japan.

COMMENT: Wellington at the moment resembles something between a war zone and a crime scene.

Major US cities will be under serious threat of Godzilla hurricanes, as wild weather patterns move closer to the northeastern coast.

Canterbury Civil Defence hopes to reopen one lane of the Inland Rd into Kaikoura tomorrow afternoon.

At spots where the boulders still teeter above, the convoy spreads out a little. Better to have one or two trucks wiped out than several, it's explained to me ... The brutal logic makes sense.

COMMENT: The biggest natural disaster in human history may be coming, and the people living in the danger zone are woefully unprepared.

Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement speaking at today’s update at the National Crisis Centre

The repair of Kaikoura's harbour may provide an opportunity for Westport's dredge, says Buller Mayor Garry Howard.

Scargill resident David Blackler talks about Tuesday's 5.7 earthquake.

Defence Force truck drivers brave waist-deep water crossings, damaged bridges and overhanging rocks to get supplies to Kaikoura.

It may be months before inner-city Wellington residents are allowed home.

Yesterday's earthquake off the coast of Japan brought back memories of the 2011 disaster for many locals.

COMMENT: Three major shakes in South Island in the last six years, have highlighted how the enemy we are most likely to have to front is the one within.

Wellington's Lambton House building was partially evacuated after a technician found a "potentially hazardous" substance in a lift well.

When a thunderstorm hit Melbourne yesterday, it triggered a rare phenomenon seen only four times in the last 30 years.

Civil Defence has "serious concerns" for the safety of anyone in or near the Conway River.

Last Monday's earthquake should be a wake-up call about the risks commercial building owners overlook when it comes to non-structural items, say experts.

The earthquake-shattered main road linking Picton and Christchurch will "definitely" be closed for at least the next six months, the Transport Minister says.

Opening access to SH1 on the south side of Kaikoura will happen "quite a way before we open up to the north", Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has told Kaikoura.