NZTA is prioritising clearing Lewis Pass, the main transport link between Picton and Christchurch since November's big earthquake.

More than 20,000 students asked for an emergency derived grade following the Kaikoura earthquake.

The wait is over - NCEA results are now available.

A large vegetation fire that came within five metres of a new Blenheim subdivision and forced the evacuation of 60 homes was deliberately lit, authorities have confirmed.

The Kaikoura earthquake badly hit tourism spending in the region but national figures are brighter.

A slip has closed State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura, as the impact of November's magnitude 7.8 earthquake continues.

South Island locals and international visitors will this week be able to visit Kaikoura by bus again for the first time since last year's earthquake.

Bad weather and the risk of rockfalls has forced the closure of State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura.

Big swells predicted to surge up the eastern side of New Zealand from Kaikoura to north of Mahia Peninsula

2016 has won GeoNet's "dubious honour" of having the largest amount of recorded earthquakes in the network's history.

Springs Junction - the tiny settlement connecting State Highways 7 and 65 - now boasts two food caravans as well as a service station and cafe both operating 24/7.

Suspiciously quickly, the Government re-opened SH1 south of Kaikoura just before Christmas.

Steve Braunias looks back on a year of thinking dangerously.

Kiwi anglers will be able to log their catch this summer - and contribute to data around our fish stocks - thanks to a free app.

Funding boost comes after scrutiny of the official response to the Kaikoura earthquake, particularly how quickly a tsunami alert was issued.

COMMENT: Recovery from the Kaikoura earthquakes should be an improvement on what we did in Canterbury.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges officially reopens the road south of Kaikoura.

The main road into Kaikoura from the south has been opened to daytime traffic in time for Christmas.

Preparations are under way to tear down carpark building damaged in Wellington quake.

Geonet say there is a 98 per cent chance of an aftershock of 6 to 6.9 magnitude in the next year.

Finance Minister Steven Joyce outlines his attitude to Auckland's woes, Super Fund and tax.

Scientists are still trying to understand the strange tsunami activity that occurred in last month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake - and have called upon people to help them.

Quake ravaged Kaikoura is doing its best to embrace the Christmas spirit.

DHBs paid $1.5 million to senior doctors for additional duties arising from junior colleagues' strike.

Local runanga have halted slip-clearing operations on earthquake-damaged State Highway 1 and the rail link north of Kaikoura.

The inland road to Kaikoura will open to the public for unrestricted use next week.

Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says he doesn't regret a heated exchange with a farmer in Kaikoura yesterday.

Important fishery in good shape after Kaikoura earthquake.

NIWA marine ecology technician Mark Fenwick has observed the dramatic changes to Kaikoura's crayfish habitats.

When Kaikoura locals told visiting PM Bill English the Govt effort was "piss poor" in the quake-strewn region, Gerry Brownlee let them have it.