Kaikōura

NZ Post has permanently closed its office in Marion Square, and a cordon has been put off across Forresters Lane.

More than 100 Wellington apartment dwellers evacuated after the Kaikōura quake are being given 20 minutes' access to their homes.

Insurance companies are to take control of home and contents claims arising from the Kaikōura earthquakes in an agreement that should speed up their settlement.

The government has received 60 requests for emergency housing following the Kaikōura quake, with the number expected to climb.

A Clarence River woman is writing to authorities claiming the residents of the valley north of Kaikōura have been forgotten after the mid-November earthquake.

Cold daily showers and fasting were among the tips for Cantabrians on a survival course on how to be mentally and physically prepared for a disaster.

A special Lotto draw to raise funds for earthquake relief in Kaikōura, Hurunui and Marlborough has raised $2.7 million.

Parts of State Highway 1 around Kaikōura could be moved to land uplifted by the earthquakes to avoid unstable hillsides.

A Clarence River rafting guide has launched a cookbook sharing local stories from before and after the area was rocked by last month's earthquake. Audio

Kaikōura mayor Winston Gray is hopeful the inland road in and out of the town will fully open next week.

More residents in Goose Bay south of Kaikōura have been told they are allowed to return home today, but eight properties still remain off limits.

About 200 residents in the area around a condemned Wellington car park could be out of their homes until March.

The government has extended its wage subsidy package for quake-affected businesses in and around Kaikōura for a further eight weeks. Video

Kaikōura retailers struggling to get by without their usual summer influx of shoppers now have a way of taking their shops directly into the homes of their customers.

The government is to pay $3.76 million to build a new health centre in Kaikōura and address mental health demands in areas affected by the recent earthquakes.

The parking building, in the capital city's CBD, was badly damaged during the recent 7.8 magnitude quake.

The government is expecting economic growth of 3.6 percent this year, easing to about 2.3 percent by 2021, ahead of its May forecast.

Today's convoy from Mount Lyford to Kaikōura has been cancelled after the road was closed this morning due to rain and low cloud.

Eight residents living on the main highway through Kaikōura remain completely cut off in both directions, three weeks after the earthquake.