Newstalk ZB listeners share their stories of the night.

Scholarship exams have been cancelled, but NCEA exams can go ahead in schools if they are not earthquake damaged, NZQA says.

There are casualties following this morning's quakes, acting Civil Defence minister Gerry Brownlee says.

More than one fault may be responsible for this morning's earthquakes.

Nigel Gately was arrested for breaching his parole conditions and is now in custody.

A convicted rapist now being sought by police had been commended for his post-release progress only months before when the parole board said it did not need to see him again.

Who We Are: David Fisher and videographer Mark Mitchell visit Hokitika in their search for what it means to be Kiwi in 2016.

Fifty-year-old man had been fishing at the Clarence River mouth when he was swept away.

A humpback whale missing most of its tail has been spotted off Kaikoura.

A seemingly "out of it" topless woman has been spotted walking along State Highway 1 near Ohau Point north of Kaikoura this afternoon.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the coast of Kaikoura.

The parents of a baby girl left in a campervan on a hot day said they were "regularly checking on their child".

Fingers crossed, you will be blessed with a refreshing sea breeze as you tackle these top walks.

Arden Rooney may not have open-class form but the man who knows best says he is a genuine topliner.

A truck driver is thought to have been on the phone to his nephew the moment his vehicle plunged down a cliff near Kaikoura, his brother says.

A truck driver is thought to have been on the phone to his nephew the moment his vehicle plunged down a cliff near Kaikoura, his brother says.

A crane arrived this afternoon at the scene of a truck crash on the Kaikoura coast in which the driver has been missing since this morning.

A new evidence-based book has questioned whether whale and dolphin watching are the low-impact, sustainable industries many believe them to be.

The wife of a man who died while checking his crayfish pots near Kaikoura on Tuesday says her husband loved nothing more than his garden and fishing.

The search for a 79-year-old fisherman missing since a boat capsized off the Kaikoura coastline yesterday morning resumed at first light today.

Searchers are yet to locate a 79-year-old fisherman, missing off the Kaikoura coast after a boat he was in capsized this morning.

The body of a man has been found by searchers on the shoreline near Kaikoura after a boat capsized this morning.

Elisabeth Easther visits the South Island's sealife mecca.

An 18-year-old man is in Christchurch Hospital after being hit by a truck in Kaikoura this morning.