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Quake victim to be flown home

A helicopter owner has offered to fly the body of Jo-Anne Mackinnon home for burial in Kaikoura.

Stats NZ demolition reports 'false'

Statistics New Zealand has hit out at claims its quake-damaged headquarters could be demolished.

Red Cross helping hundreds of quake-hit Kiwis

Hundreds of home checks have been carried out in the worst-hit areas by Red Cross personnel since Monday's 7.8 quake.

Damage to Queensgate car park building

One of the car park buildings at Lower Hutt's Queensgate shopping centre has been found to have suffered structural damage in Monday's 7.8 magnitude quake.

Dunne: Destiny Church should pay tax

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

MPI guarding paua in new intertidal zone

It's critical shellfish and rock lobsters in Kaikoura's new intertidal zone are protected, MPI says.

Fran O'Sullivan: NZ too slow to learn from quakes

COMMENT: It's time New Zealand dropped its famed "number eight wire" mentality and "she'll be right" attitude.

Earthquake intervenes in historic return

The US Admiral who ordered the USS Sampson to divert to the earthquake disaster zone has a long history with New Zealand.

Quake: She was dead in my arms

Sitting in the darkness of his mountain home, aftershocks rumbling through and his partner's body in his arms, Gary Morton had never felt so alone.

Oaro's Wildbore legends staying put

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

Volunteers relocate paua by the tonne

They're relocating paua by the tonne. About 40 tonnes were expected to have been cut free from the rocks along the Kaikoura coastline by this afternoon.

Massive slip: 'She's pretty full-on'

A huge landslide has filled a valley in the ranges of quake-stricken Kaikoura.

Three arrested after train looted

Police have arrested three local men in relation to the looting of a freight train stranded north of Kaikoura after Monday's powerful

Perfect postcard of rural NZ blown apart

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.

Fast food by the bucket-load flown into Kaikoura

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

Red sticker closes legendary NZ pub

The historic Hurunui Hotel has been red-stickered after Monday's quake but publican Sean Madden is confident it will be allowed to reopen soon.

Tsunami highlights importance of evacuations

Water flooded 140m inland south of Kaikoura, damaging one home at Little Pigeon Bay.

Red Cross aids quake-hit areas

From today, people can get behind Red Cross' work to support communities affected by Monday's devastating earthquake by donating at