Hanmer Springs Earthquake

Speed limits on parts of the alternative road between Picton and Christchurch are to be lowered as a safety precaution.

It was deja-vu last month for Kaikōura Cheese owners Daniel and Sarah Jenkins, who moved to the coastal town after the Canterbury earthquakes. Video

Karana Barker and her four children lost their house in the earthquake but their pet goat, Billy, is "doing fine". Video

The coastal highway south of Kaikōura has re-opened for the first time since the earthquake that cut the town off. Video

The Marlborough District Council has given out $11,000 so far in hardship grants from the Mayoral Earthquake Fund.

Dozens more Wellington residents evacuated from their apartments and offices after the Kaikōura quake have retrieved their belongings this morning, including people whose cars have been trapped in a…

Wellington City Council's order to inspect 80 buildings for earthquake risk is being criticised as "hyped up" and expensive.

With the ban on catching crayfish now lifted, one Kaikōura fisherman says not much has really changed in the fishery.

A new online service allows customers outside Kaikōura to support the quake-hit town's retailers. Conan Young tries it out. Audio

A council list of sites needing fresh earthquake checks is missing some at-risk buildings, a developer says. Video

Engineers are being brought in from outside Wellington to help meet a fresh demand to get buildings checked after the Kaikōura earthquake.

A man has been charged with ransacking a Christchurch home in the hours after the Kaikōura earthquake.

A bit bumpy, a bit hairy, but pretty much your typical country drive.

Owners of 80 buildings in Wellington are being ordered to do new earthquake checks, because the damage from last month's quake may be greater than previously thought. Audio

A freight train looted by thieves after it was stranded by last month's earthquake has been moved.

Since last month's quake which blocked the main road through Kaikōura, a once quiet road in Marlborough has been turned into a main South Island highway.

A main road into Kaikōura reopens today for the first time since the quake.

A resident trapped between slips north of Kaikōura is welcoming efforts to deter people looting a freight train that had to be abandoned after the recent big quake.

Work clearing a slip on State Highway 1 north of Kaikōura has been halted due to concerns it may disturb Māori sites.

Demolition of the quake-damaged part of Queensgate Shopping Centre should be completed by the end of February.