Kaikōura

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.

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.

"As soon as we can put some punters out on the marina boats ... we'll be back in business."

Kaikōura's first visit from a cruise ship after last month's earthquake has lifted local business owners' spirits, the town's mayor says.

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.

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