Marlborough and Wellington residents tell their stories of today's earthquake and its aftermath.

A series of aftershocks have rumbled across central New Zealand this morning, sparked by a strong magnitude 4.9 jolt near Seddon, Marlborough shortly before 1am.

A shallow 4.2 magnitude earthquake has been detected near East Cape, after a strong aftershock near Wellington this morning.

Residents have cleared out of a central Wellington street while urgent work is carried out on a quake-damaged carpark lift which could come crashing down in an aftershock.

More than 1000 claims have been lodged with the Earthquake Commission following the swarm of quakes centred off the Seddon coast.

An environmental group has plenty of confidence today heading to court to fight against new salmon farms being built in the Marlborough Sounds.

A hunter with hypothermia has been rescued after his campsite was washed away in Fiordland this morning.

The trip on the Interislander is possibly the country's most beautiful ride. That's about to change if the Government proceeds with plans to shift the South Island ferry terminal to a windswept beach that looks like Dunkirk.

Police have named a man who died after his car plunged more than 150m off a bank in the Marlborough Sounds on Monday.

A 2011 plane crash landing could have been avoided if the pilots were taught how hard to pull a landing gear lever, a report has found.

A paraglider pilot escaped with minor injuries when he crashed in steep bush in the Marlborough Sounds last night.

A man who severed two fingers while splitting wood was just one of four incidents the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter attended yesterday

A solo Dutch tramper who became lost and disoriented in poor weather in Marlborough yesterday afternoon has been rescued by helicopter.

The two tourists killed in yesterday's horror crash in Malborough had only just met and were sharing a ride, police say.

'Atrocious conditions' were partially to blame for a horror crash in Marlborough this afternoon, which killed two tourists.

A boatie was unable to pull his drunken friend to safety after he fell overboard while urinating over the side of the launch they were on in the Marlborough Sounds.

Findings in an inquiry into an Air Nelson plane that skidded along a runway on its nose landing gear doors have been dismissed by the airline.

Air New Zealand's Halloween renaming of Blenheim as Beastheim on its grabaseat website hit a bum note with the town's mayor.