Hanmer Springs Earthquake

Thousands of holidaymakers could face a summer of highway misery because of earthquake damage to top-of-the-south roads. Video

With key road and rail routes wiped out by the 14 November earthquake, ships are picking up the slack.

People who suffered broken bones in the Kaikōura earthquake didn't want to bother a doctor about their injuries.

Occupants of a Wellington apartment block evacuated after the earthquake have been allowed back home.

The ruptured Kēkerengū fault has revealed more secrets about New Zealand's tectonic past, and can help inform what to expect in future, scientists say.

The first convoy of civilian vehicles has re-entered Kaikōura via the quake-damaged inland route, but the return trip had to be cancelled. Video

International tourists mistakenly think Picton is affected by the earthquakes and are staying away, the town's moteliers say.

Wellington's quake-damaged CentrePort has about $600 million worth of insurance to draw on in the aftermath of the Kaikoura earthquake.

Owners of earthquake-stricken buildings are likely to get tax relief on some of their costs.

A bill aimed at getting earthquake-affected communities back up and running has passed its final reading in Parliament.

Art might not be the first thing you think of when you hear the words "earthquake recovery" - but the first pieces of post-earthquake art are starting to appear out of Kaikōura.

Parents in Kaikōura desperate to be reunited with their children have been offered hope with new public convoys.

Fishers in Kaikōura have begun surveying crayfish stocks in the wake of this month's earthquake, under the supervision of primary industry officials.

Controlled public convoys are to be allowed on the inland road in and out of Kaikōura from tomorrow morning.

It will be several weeks before Wellington residents evacuated from around a dangerous central-city car park will know if they will get the chance to go home, warns the city's mayor.

Five years ago Chris Diack set up a community radio station for quake-affected residents of New Brighton - now the self-proclaimed radio nutter is doing the same for the shaken locals of Kaikōura.

New emergency earthquake legislation will allow farmers to get on with patching up their farms without worrying about red tape.

Emergency legislation clearing the way for earthquake repair work in Hurunui and Kaikōura is being introduced to Parliament.

Kaikōura was once a sleepy village where people stopped for "fish and chips or a pee'' on their way to somewhere else. What changed? Video

The first primary school in Kaikōura to re-open after the earthquake is missing a fifth of its roll after pupils left town in the quake's aftermath.