Kaikōura

A rental shortage in quake-damaged Kaikōura is forcing some locals to consider shutting up shop and leaving.

A planned $9 million cycle trail from Picton to Kaikōura could be the single biggest benefit to come out of last November's earthquake, Marlborough's mayor says.

Organisms living on the seabed wiped out by huge mudslides from November's earthquakes are showing early signs of recovery, researchers looking at Kaikōura's sea canyon say.

A series of slow and silent earthquakes of unprecedented scale have been uncovered in the wake of November's Kaikōura quake.

Part of the New Commercial Hotel collapsed in the fire, which is being treated as suspicious.

KiwiRail has revealed the Kaikōura earthquake cost it $40 million in lost revenue in the year to the end of June.

National's Stuart Smith says he was making an "educated guess" when he apparently let slip when the crucial highway would be re-opened. Audio

The Insurance Council is confident most claims for Canterbury homes following the November quake will be settled by the end of the year, its chief executive says. Audio

Work crews are now able to access the entire coastal corridor north of Kaikōura for the first time since the November 2016 earthquake.

Three Kaikōura businesses may have to close down because of a plan to realign State Highway 1 where it enters the town from the south.

The British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has unveiled a striking war memorial in Wellington as a gift from Britain.

The government is to spend more than $230 million improving State Highway 1 on either side of Kaikōura and creating a new cycleway.

Kaikōura and Marlborough's quake-damaged fisheries industry may take up to a decade to recover, a south Marlborough fisherman says.

A closed-down roadside cafe on the South Island's alternative highway aims to reopen with the Transport Agency's help footing a $15,000 resource consent bill.

A temporary village in Kaikōura for 300 workers repairing the highway and rail line is expected to fill up in just six week. Video

Up to 20 Wellington buildings could be demolished because of damage from the Kaikōura earthquake, the city council says. Audio

The government is giving the Kaikōura District Council $14.4 million to help with its earthquake recovery.

A trucking boss says a near-miss for one of his drivers on the Picton-to-Christchurch highway route has forced him to take urgent safety measures as winter closes in.

State Highway 1 south of Kaikōura is scheduled to reopen for all traffic on Friday, in time for the long weekend.

The tale of a hero who saved countless law books has emerged seven months after the Kaikōura earthquake.