By noon today, scientists had recorded nearly 5000 aftershocks from last Monday's big shake. But what are aftershocks and what can they tell us? Jamie Morton explains.

Residents south of Kaikoura in Goose Bay have been told to be prepared to be gone for at least 10 days while Civil Defence monitors a quake landslide upstream.

A stream of bubbles is rising out of the sea around the Kaikoura peninsula as newly formed cracks in the seabed release gases into the water.

Calls to mental health helplines have spiked since the Kaikoura Earthquake.

Defence Force truck drivers brave waist-deep water crossings, damaged bridges and overhanging rocks to get supplies to Kaikoura.

The only road into Kaikoura has been reopened to military vehicles after last night's strong aftershock.

Dates have been set for NCEA scholarship history and chemistry exams, which were cancelled following last week's earthquake.

Papamoa father Justin Cheyne has offered his 4-bedroom home to a South Island quake family to use free during the Christmas New Year

A scientist has shared an up-close look at how last week's 7.8 quake hoisted up Kaikoura's coastline.

A strong aftershock sends fearful people out of their homes for the night.

The key remaining route to Kaikoura is closed and some residents are being forced to sleep outside after a strong 5.7 aftershock on Tuesday evening.

Hundreds of people turned out to farewell Jo-Anne Mackinnon, who died in last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Mackinnon's funeral

Tears trickle down the faces of Kaikoura quake victims as they realise how long the road to recovery stretches before them.

The first baby has been born in Kaikoura since it was rattled by a devastating 7.8 earthquake.

The earthquake-shattered main road linking Picton and Christchurch will "definitely" be closed for at least the next six months, the Transport Minister says.

Opening access to SH1 on the south side of Kaikoura will happen "quite a way before we open up to the north", Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has told Kaikoura.

Victoria University earthquake scientist Dr John Townend says Kiwis shouldn't draw any connections between the Japan quake and last Monday's 7.8 Kaikoura quake.

Footpath outside mall closed for building strengthening work.

COMMENT: Blaming quakes on sexual behaviour is a disgraceful insult as our hearts go out to shaken communities.

A free public transport service will roll out tomorrow in Kaikoura to help rural residents get to town.

Emergency supplies have finally landed in a cut-off community just 22km north of Kaikoura.

"It's really frustrating. We've been up and down the road since the quake happened, we know the risk. We don't need this cordon and convoy."

The latest local doing his bit to help has spent hundreds delivering food to cut-off families in a remote part of Kaikoura.

Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has been accused of vilifying a Geonet scientist who spoke out about the need for a better tsunami warning system in New Zealand.

How has Kaikoura's world-famous wildlife responded to the 7.8 earthquake? Science reporter Jamie Morton looked at what we know so far.

Just one determined student turned up for the afternoon exams at Kaikoura High School today.

Military personnel have completed their buzziest mission yet after last week's monster earthquake, rescuing 30,000 bees.

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A new video of the Kekerengu Fault shows the shocking damage caused by last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake on the landscape.

Canterbury University marine ecologist Dr Sharyn Goldstien has been on the ground investigating what the freshly-raised coast at Kaikoura has meant for ocean ecosystems.