According to Tamaki, Harry Potter is a tool to recruit people toward evil.

Amazing NASA photos have revealed new land off the coast of Kaikoura, raised out of ocean the by last month's 7.8 magnitude earthquake

From Monday milk tankers and other essential freight will be given access in and out of Kaikoura.

More New Zealand transport companies have started billing a surcharge as a result of last month's earthquake.

Kaikoura's fur seals famously splashed and frolicked in a pool at the foot of a waterfall. And then the earthquake came.

In a meeting with residents last night, Civil Defence staff confirmed two thirds of the village can't return to their homes just yet.

A second baby blue penguin has been welcomed to Picton's EcoWorld.

Govt says a public message about unusual seismic activity under the North Island was not a cause for alarm.

Tourism will weather last month's magnitude 7.8 quake, but Treasury is warning the total cost of the disaster could reach up to $3 billion.

The Kaikoura Earthquake will cost the Government up to $3 billion, the Treasury estimates.

Lotto will be donating all profits from next Saturday's draw to the quake relief.

Primary school children in earthquake-hit Kaikoura returned to school and a sense of normality today.

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.

GeoNet technicians reach new heights of Kiwi ingenuity as they work in the quake zone. .

Strong GDP outlook tipped to remain as economy is robust enough to ride out challenges from earthquakes.

When Stevie arrived and saw Richie McCaw standing in front of a helicopter she was "gobsmacked, speechless", her mother said.

This cutie was amazingly discovered five days after the 7.8 magnitude quake.

Greens back Kaikoura quake legislation despite voicing concerns over further damage to environment and sea life.

The signs of summer are among us with pohutakawa trees flowering already and forecasters say the official first day of the season on Thursday will be calm and dry.

Dr Kate Pedley went to find ruptures in the Waiau region around the original epicentre. The amount of associated rockfall, landslides and slumps were incredible.

A house moved eight metres in the Kaikoura earthquake, scientists have established.

Two weeks after the catastrophic 7.8 quake, Kaikoura continues to be rocked by nasty late night tremors.

An 18-year-old university student cycled over two hours along Kaikoura's quake-stricken coastline driven by one goal - to catch a flight.

The Government will urgently pass quake recovery laws which allow landslips in the South Island to be cleared into the ocean without consent.

Early estimate puts Kaikoura Quake insured losses at US$3.5bn, with 50 per cent of the cost incurred in Wellington.

The Earthquake Commission [EQC] has received more than 11,000 claims since Kaikoura's monster quake.

COMMENT: The shaking may have shattered homes, dreams and livelihoods, but the spirit of the people remains unbroken.

Nearly all routes in and out of Kaikoura are closed today as high winds across the South Island mean small planes and helicopters are grounded, Civil Defence says.

Wellingtonians and people living on the top of the South Island were shaken awake as a strong quake rattled the centre of the country.

A stark image of three cows stranded on an island created by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura captured global attention last week.