Source: Twitter: Gary Curtis @Flyin_GC Carpark completely under water

Traffic leaving central Wellington is gridlocked as commuters scramble to leave the rain-battered city.

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.

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.

Source: Facebook: Tracey Po Ching. Flooding in Horoeka St, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, Wellington

NewstalkZB’s reporter Chelsea Daniels on how tourists in Kaikoura are coping.

Kaikoura Mayor Winston Grey talks about how locals are feeling in his town and exactly what the damage is like in the town.

New Zealand Herald Reporter Kurt Bayer is in the tourist town of Hamner Springs.

NewstalkZB’s Brian Ashby is with Kaikoura tourists who have been airlifted out.

Rain continues to fall in Wellington following Monday's earthquakes placing increasing pressure on the region

People in the Kaikoura region are likely to experience degraded phone services for an extended period of time.

Source: David Kyle. Heavy flooding is effecting Wellington roads including main highways.

Share market investors are expected to be "gun-shy" and hold off from big trades until they believe the aftershocks are over.

The energy unleashed in the Kaikoura earthquake was equivalent to what could power Christchurch for an entire year.

HMNZS Canterbury is sailing to Kaikoura loaded with aid supplies and will bring back tourists and residents.

The New Zealand sharemarket held up well today, but the worst could be yet to come as aftershocks threaten the country.

Most of Spark's South Island broadband and landline network is hanging by a thread. A cable running along the island's east coast

The now-named Kaikoura Earthquake triggered 100,000 landslides in Northern Canterbury and southern Marlborough.

Join Tristram Clayton as he wraps up last nights devastating earthquake.

International scientists are intrigued at the complexity of the suspected twin quakes that rattled New Zealand overnight.

Power is gradually being restored in Kaikoura, but sewerage systems and water supplies are still down and it could be days before they are back up and running, Civil Defence says.

Lorde has tweeted words of kindness for Kiwis affected by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that killed two and has caused ongoing havoc. Ella

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.