A significant cause of damage to commercial property buildings in the Kaikoura earthquake is a failure to comply with non-structural, seismic restraint guidelines.

As people flee earthquake-hit Kaikoura, an Australian woman has flown in to care for her elderly parents.

A strong aftershock sends fearful people out of their homes for the night.

The key remaining route to Kaikoura is closed and some residents are being forced to sleep outside after a strong 5.7 aftershock on Tuesday evening.

Hundreds of people turned out to farewell Jo-Anne Mackinnon, who died in last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Mackinnon's funeral

Tears trickle down the faces of Kaikoura quake victims as they realise how long the road to recovery stretches before them.

The first baby has been born in Kaikoura since it was rattled by a devastating 7.8 earthquake.

The earthquake-shattered main road linking Picton and Christchurch will "definitely" be closed for at least the next six months, the Transport Minister says.

Opening access to SH1 on the south side of Kaikoura will happen "quite a way before we open up to the north", Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has told Kaikoura.

Restaurant owners affected by the 2011 earthquake travelled to Kaikoura yesterday to share their experiences and offer advice.

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Claire Trevett plots the topsy-turvy week of Prime Minister John Key - in which a quake sets the scene.

A free public transport service will roll out tomorrow in Kaikoura to help rural residents get to town.

Emergency supplies have finally landed in a cut-off community just 22km north of Kaikoura.

"It's really frustrating. We've been up and down the road since the quake happened, we know the risk. We don't need this cordon and convoy."

The latest local doing his bit to help has spent hundreds delivering food to cut-off families in a remote part of Kaikoura.

Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has been accused of vilifying a Geonet scientist who spoke out about the need for a better tsunami warning system in New Zealand.

How has Kaikoura's world-famous wildlife responded to the 7.8 earthquake? Science reporter Jamie Morton looked at what we know so far.

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A new video of the Kekerengu Fault shows the shocking damage caused by last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake on the landscape.

Canterbury University marine ecologist Dr Sharyn Goldstien has been on the ground investigating what the freshly-raised coast at Kaikoura has meant for ocean ecosystems.

John Key said the cost of the earthquake and any resultant economic hits could affect the ability to offer a tax cut programme in the short term

Residents are being warned aftershocks connected to the Kaikoura earthquake will continue for months to years.

The daughter-in-law of the 100-year-old woman rescued from the rubble of an historic homestead speaks out.

Volunteers say they will continue rescuing paua along Kaikoura's coastline at the first low tide tomorrow after seeking permission from iwi.

Around 50 per cent of buildings in Kaikoura have had their rapid assessment completed.

A visit by one of Kaikoura's world-famous whales has lifted the spirits of the town's quake-struck residents today.

The Ministry of Health says the risk of a gastro bug outbreak in Kaikoura is under control for the time being.

Wellington Harbour has been invaded by five vessels from the US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand navies.

New Zealand is in for a relatively dry day today with areas of morning cloud and isolated showers in the north, clearing around midday and becoming mostly sunny.