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.

The primary school in quake-ravaged Waiau had reopened today, with pupils sitting around and sharing their earthquake stories.

Canterbury University marine ecologist Dr Sharyn Goldstien has been on the ground investigating what the freshly-raised coast at Kaikoura has meant for ocean ecosystems.

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.

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.

The earthquake that struck Kaikoura this week could cost the insurance industry as much as $5.3 billion.

Peter Dunne has echoed calls from the public to strip Destiny Church of its tax-exempt status.

They've received so many food and water parcels, Ivan says he can't take a shower because it's filled with bottles.

This could be the perfect postcard of rural New Zealand ... but this rural idyll has become the Ground Zero of Monday's mammoth magnitude-7.8 earthquake.

Nelson plasterer's bright idea sees plane land in quake-torn area laden with KFC, McDonald's burgers and pizza.

As Kaikoura reels from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, Murchison is buzzing.

A 27 truck military convoy battled poor weather and the threat of more landslides to deliver 8860ltrs of fuel and 10,000ltrs of water to Kaikoura today.

Five people have been arrested on charges including supplying methamphetamine and possession of cannabis.

Farmers and the fishing industry get $5 million relief package.

Lying on the ground next to Kaikoura Highschool's gymnasium wall was a pile of fractured concret bricks.

"We are expecting a difficult crossing tomorrow so we're making sure everyone is well refreshed and rested."

The Defence Force has now evacuated more than 800 people from Kaikoura.

Police are attending an incident in Roxburgh, Central Otago, that is believed to be firearms related.

New concerns that heavy rain could bring flooding to the east coast of the South Island.

The road into Waiau will be "average" for some time, locals say, but the community is already rebuilding their lives after Monday's devastating earthquake.