Joining Tristram Clayton from inside his quake ravaged Wellington apartment is NZ Herald New Zealand political journalist Barry Soper.

The Sky Tower will be lit in black and white tonight, as a mark of solidarity with the rest of the country following today's earthquakes. Acting

Join Tristram Clayton as he talks to Newstalk ZB reporter Chelsea Daniels in Waiau. The epicenter of this morning’s 7.5 magnitude earthquake was directly under this small north Canterbury settlement, population 250.

Even the Large Hadron Collider - 18,000km away in Switzerland - reported "feeling" the earthquake.

The largest supermoon in seventy years has been people questioning whether there’s any connection to this morning’s earthquake. Join Tristram Clayton as he learns more from University of Melbourne Associate Professor of active tectonics, Mark Quigley.

Join Tristram Clayton as he discusses what is ahead for commercial landlords in earthquake damaged areas with NZ Herald Property Editor Anne Gibson.

Join Tristram Clayton as he talks to GNS Science seismologist John Ristau on the South Island earthquake.

If an earthquake were not enough now a major storm is bearing down on the region’s worst affected by this morning’s quake. Join Tristram Clayton and Weather Watch's Philip Duncan to find out all you need to know.

Join Tristram Clayton as he talks to NZ Herald political reporter Isaac Davison in Wellington for the latest on the South Islands earthquake. While the capital has escaped the worst of the damage severals buildings have been closed this morning and workers told to stay home. ​

Source: Instagram @thekevinkwok. As more than 600 firefighters battle 48 blazes across NSW, authorities are pleading with the public to stop taking selfies in front of the flames.

Ultra-sensitive fibre-optic sensors extending nearly a kilometre below the Southern Alps will transform what we know about one of the biggest earthquake threats facing New Zealand.

Science reporter Jamie Morton talks to GNS Science earthquake geologist Dr Rob Langridge about a renewed effort to catalogue a nationwide web of active faults threatening New Zealand.

At least twenty people were injured in yesterday’s quake. Measuring 6.6 the earthquake is the strongest to hit Italy in decades and is the fourth to hit central Italy in three months. Italians have been warned to expect several more large aftershocks.

The major threat that the South Island's Alpine Fault poses to New Zealand has been front and centre of a Civil Defence conference in Queenstown this week.

Collating data on eruptions, earthquakes and gas emissions promise new predictive tools.

Source: YouTube: Deep Carbon. On average, 40 volcanoes on land erupt into the atmosphere each month. Deep Carbon Observatory scientists are studying volcanic emissions at sites around the world, and will more than triple the number of permanent volcano gas monitoring stations from 2012-2019.

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Anna Roiall says her Huntly property on Riverview Road was flooded because of the local council's lack of regular maintenance. Made with funding by NZ on Air.

The East Coast Lab has been launched to research New Zealand’s least understood subduction zone, the Hikurangi Trough. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Scientists are to create an underwater "earthquake observatory" near the North Island's East Coast that will give detailed information about off-shore quakes like the 7.1 which shook the North Island last week.

They're one of the most fearsome natural phenomena known to man - and now Kiwi scientists have revealed the mechanics of volcanic pyroclastic flows.

Seismologist Dr John Ristau answers some questions about earthquakes in the region.

Grim projections show the large cost of an extreme flood event and future sea level increases on buildings and homes.

A man who lost his daughter and partner in the Christchurch earthquake has been sentenced for indecent assault and a charge under the new cyberbullying law.

For the first time scientists have observed a slow-motion earthquake unfold deep beneath the sea.

COMMENT: The Sesame Street Muppets have arrived in Fiji in hope to put a smile on the faces of children who were affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston.

As soon as Cyclone Winston began its devastating rampage throughout Fiji, an Auckland man began working out a way to get emergency supplies to those in need.

The traffic signal fault in Christchurch which caused significant delays this morning in the CBD has now been fixed.