Hanmer Springs Earthquake

Businesses in Kaikōura are considering their options as summer spending in the quake-hit town lags.

The wheels are beginning to turn to get State Highway 1 and the main trunk rail line south of Blenheim open again.

Some North Canterbury farmers are still living in primitive accommodation because their homes are so badly earthquake-damaged, a rural trust says.

Schools applied for emergency grades for more than 20,000 students affected by November's earthquake and flooding, but only a third were actually used.

Scientists from NIWA have been mapping the seabed off Kaikōura to discover the impact of the November earthquake.

KiwiRail is hoping to free some rail wagons next week that have been trapped in Marlborough since the 14 November earthquake.

Kaikōura business owners will likely ask Finance Minister Steven Joyce for more government support until the road north re-opens, the mayor says.

A slip that closed part of the highway linking Christchurch and Kaikōura has been cleared.

A Kaikōura cheese maker says local businesses will need continued support from the government until State Highway 1 north of the town reopens.

The New Zealand Transport Agency is expecting to bring in heavy machinery next week to clear nine slips on State Highway 1 north of Kaikōura.

Demolition of the quake-damaged Reading Cinema car park in central Wellington has started this morning. Video

Whale Watch Kaikōura is back in the water for the first time since November's devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake.

A total 32,800 earthquakes were recorded in New Zealand in 2016 - the most ever in a calendar year.

All Blacks Julian and Ardie Savea picked up racquets against Serena and Venus Williams today in Auckland.

A specialised demolition crane that has been tearing down an earthquake damaged office block in central Wellington, is heading across the city to begin work on another building today.

Six weeks on from the 7.8 quake, some in Kaikōura are realising that some temporary solutions may become permanent. But they are not letting it stop them from enjoying the holiday festivities. Video

State Highway One, south of Kaikōura, is open again after it was closed because of poor weather this morning.

The cordon around parts of Wellington's Courtenay Place will be extended from tomorrow to allow a special crane in to start working on the demolition of the Reading Cinema carpark.

A central Wellington cordon is expanding to include two more businesses, as preparations are made for the destruction of an earthquake-damaged carpark.

Monitoring service GeoNet has received a $3 million funding boost after last month's 7.8 magnitude earthquake.