Quake ravaged Kaikoura is doing its best to embrace the Christmas spirit.

When Kaikoura locals told visiting PM Bill English the Govt effort was "piss poor" in the quake-strewn region, Gerry Brownlee let them have it.

School leavers remarkably unaffected by earthquakes, surprising research finds.

The Earthquake Commission and the Insurance Council of New Zealand have struck a deal to stop double ups on assessing property.

A video explaining what causes tornadoes.

The Govtt will re-double its promotion of the "Alpine Pacific Triangle" to get tourists back to quake-hit Kaikoura, Hanmer and Christchurch.

Rob Zorn's car is one of 10 vehicles left in Wellington building to be demolished that cannot be retrieved.

The most detailed satellite imagery showing the impact of the 7.8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake on November 14 has been released.

The earthquake-stricken Reading Cinema carpark building in central Wellington will be demolished.

Wellington City Council says they will not be held to an earlier plan to recheck buildings after a magnitude 5 or above tremor.

Many Kiwis affected by the 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake will need "significant ongoing psychological support", the PM's chief science adviser says.

National MP Paul Foster-Bell has spoken out for the first time about his sexuality in response to Brian Tamaki linking homosexuality to earthquakes.

An Icelandic volcano brought much of the world's air travel to a halt. And then it brought the world to Iceland.

There are now four buildings at Wellington's CentrePort which could be demolished following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

"Gobsmacking" drone footage has captured an up-close view of a massive canyon created near Mt Lyford by this month's 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake.

INTERACTIVE: Dams created by landslides in this month's 7.8 quake have been pin-pointed on a detailed new map created by GNS Science and Environment Canterbury.

COMMENT: I had never, for one second, consciously entertained the idea that human extinction was conceivable in the near term.

Don't expect to be given an early warning of an approaching quake like they get in Japan.

COMMENT: Wellington at the moment resembles something between a war zone and a crime scene.

Major US cities will be under serious threat of Godzilla hurricanes, as wild weather patterns move closer to the northeastern coast.

Canterbury Civil Defence hopes to reopen one lane of the Inland Rd into Kaikoura tomorrow afternoon.

At spots where the boulders still teeter above, the convoy spreads out a little. Better to have one or two trucks wiped out than several, it's explained to me ... The brutal logic makes sense.

COMMENT: The biggest natural disaster in human history may be coming, and the people living in the danger zone are woefully unprepared.

Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement speaking at today’s update at the National Crisis Centre

Lance Corporal Drew Joyce talks about the army aid convoy to Kaikoura

An early warning system that gave hundreds of thousands of Japanese a chance to take cover before the magnitude 9 earthquake struck in 2011. When every second is critical, the system was a life-saver. Join Tristram Clayton to find out more.

The repair of Kaikoura's harbour may provide an opportunity for Westport's dredge, says Buller Mayor Garry Howard.

Scargill resident David Blackler talks about Tuesday's 5.7 earthquake.

Defence Force truck drivers brave waist-deep water crossings, damaged bridges and overhanging rocks to get supplies to Kaikoura.

It may be months before inner-city Wellington residents are allowed home.