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New Zealand earthquake 2016

16 November 2016

  • Stranded tourists being evacuated from Kaikoura to a naval ship.

    New Zealand earthquake officially upgraded to magnitude 7.8 – as it happened

    HMNZS Canterbury evacuates tourists from South Island town, with US and Australian ships also on their way to assist relief efforts

15 November 2016

  • The closed bridge on the approach to Waiau, which suffered severe damage in the earthquake.

    Surviving in Waiau: the forgotten town closest to the NZ quake epicentre

    Residents, many now homeless, have been fending for themselves as relief efforts and media focus on tourist town of Kaikoura
  • cows stranded new zealand earthquake kaikoura

    The amazing world of animals
    New Zealand cows' owner tells of earthquake rescue – video

    Three cows made famous after they became stranded on a small island of grass following a powerful earthquake in New Zealand have been rescued
  • A New Zealand Defence Force helicopter evacuating some of 1,200 of tourists from Kaikoura.

    Up to 100,000 landslides amid aftershocks in New Zealand – as it happened

    Kaikoura still cut off, with hundreds of residents and tourists told to conserve food and water supplies

14 November 2016

  • John Key, Richie McCaw<br>New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, right, talks with former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw during a visit to Kaikoura following an earthquake in New Zealand, Monday, Nov. 14, 2106. A powerful earthquake that rocked New Zealand on Monday triggered landslides and a small tsunami, cracked apart roads and homes and left two people dead, but largely spared the country the devastation it saw five years ago when a deadly earthquake struck the same region. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald Pool Photo via AP)

    New Zealand rugby great Richie McCaw flies helicopter in earthquake rescues

  • Damage caused by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Waiau, 80 miles north of Christchurch

    'Welcome relief': pub near epicentre of New Zealand quake opens for victims

  • A handout photo taken and received on November 14, 2016, show earthquake damage to State Highway One near Oaro on the South Island's east coast. A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed two people and caused massive infrastructure damage in New Zealand, but officials said they were optimistic the death toll would not rise further. The jolt, one of the most powerful ever recorded in the quake-prone South Pacific nation, hit just after midnight near the South Island coastal town of Kaikoura. / AFP PHOTO / NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY / STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images

    New Zealand earthquake – video report

  • Damage done by an earthquake at Bluff Station between Blenheim and Kaikoura in New Zealand.

    'Like living on a waking dragon': New Zealanders count cost of earthquake

  • How have you been affected by the New Zealand earthquake?

  • Thousands stranded and towns cut off after New Zealand quakes – as it happened

  • Cows stranded on ‘island’ after New Zealand earthquake – aerial video

  • Kaikoura, the New Zealand tourist town cut off by 7.5 magnitude earthquake

  • How did New Zealand's earthquake happen? Was it two quakes in one?

  • Aerial footage from New Zealand shows devastation after earthquake – video

  • Malcolm Turnbull offers support to New Zealand after earthquake – video

  • Kaikoura: state of emergency declared in town cut off by New Zealand earthquake

13 November 2016

  • Local residents Chris and Viv Young look at damage caused by the earthquake.

    New Zealand earthquake – in pictures

    7.8-magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami warnings for the entire east coast of the South and North Islands
  • People evacuated from buildings along Dixon Street stand and sit on the street and the sidewalk in Wellington after a 6.6 earthquake based around Cheviot in the South island shock the capital, New Zealand, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand near the city of Christchurch early Monday, with strong jolts causing some damage to buildings over 200 kilometers (120 miles) away in the capital, Wellington. (Ross Setford/SNPA via AP)

    Christchurch couple describes powerful New Zealand earthquake – video

    Christchurch residents Hugh and Emma Sintes react after experiencing 7.5-magnitude earthquake in New Zealand on Sunday, which was followed by a tsunami striking the country’s east coast
  • People are evacuated from buildings along Dixon Street in Wellington, after an earthquake hit in the South Island

    Tsunami hits New Zealand east coast after 7.5-magnitude earthquake

    Civil defence says first wave has struck the South Island and warns that more could reach the coast in the hours ahead
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