Two women have been arrested in relation to an alleged racist incident in Queenstown.

The pursuit of a Greymouth man through the Karoro Lawn Cemetery while brandishing a pool cue was recounted in the Greymouth District Court yesterday.

Temperatures in some parts of the country have climbed over 30 degrees before midday.

A house bus and a car have collided on State Highway One south of Christchurch just before midday but the occupants are unscathed.

The whole of the country will enjoy warm, even hot, weather this week as a north-easterly blows through.

The key remaining route to Kaikoura is closed and some residents are being forced to sleep outside after a strong 5.7 aftershock on Tuesday evening.

One person is dead after a four-car crash on State Highway 1 near Moeraki this afternoon.

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.

Protesters were again moved off the Pike River Mine access road this morning.

A wage subsidy package offered by the Government to small businesses in Kaikoura and nearby communities will be extended to larger businesses.

First there were "quake cows", now a lamb has been plucked to safety in Canterbury.

Restaurant owners affected by the 2011 earthquake travelled to Kaikoura yesterday to share their experiences and offer advice.

Emergency supplies have finally landed in a cut-off community just 22km north of Kaikoura.

Tiny North Canterbury town of Waiau, with population 300, bore the brunt of last week's earthquake.

How has Kaikoura's world-famous wildlife responded to the 7.8 earthquake? Science reporter Jamie Morton looked at what we know so far.

Just one determined student turned up for the afternoon exams at Kaikoura High School today.

A new video of the Kekerengu Fault shows the shocking damage caused by last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake on the landscape.

Canterbury Television is waving goodbye to TV.

Monday's 7.8 quake was bafflingly complex in some ways, but simple in others. Science reporter Jamie Morton delved into the data to look at what we know so far.

Oliver Briggs gave his competitor a head start in the men's slalom heats - next minute, he was "flying through the air".

The daughter-in-law of the 100-year-old woman rescued from the rubble of an historic homestead speaks out.

A 106-year old lodge pancaked in Monday's earthquake, with its owners lucky to escape with their lives.

Around 50 per cent of buildings in Kaikoura have had their rapid assessment completed.

Although it's early days for assessing the impact of the quake, analysis shows the government is well placed to handle the costs.

A visit by one of Kaikoura's world-famous whales has lifted the spirits of the town's quake-struck residents today.

The probability of another 7.0-plus quake striking have fallen further, GeoNet reported today, but large aftershocks are still likely across a large area of New Zealand.

Prime Minister John Key writes exclusively for the Herald on Sunday after the Kaikoura earthquake.

Few places in the world can boast the natural wonders of Kaikoura. That all changed in one shaking, shocking minute last Monday morning.

British woman Kaikoura Stuart has a message for the people of the town she was named after.

Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Gerry Brownlee said he is disgusted with the people who have looted earthquake victims' homes and a train.