TONIGHT ` A NATION ON EDGE. SEVERE AFTERSHOCKS ROLL IN AFTER A DEVASTATING QUAKE LEAVES TWO PEOPLE DEAD AND CAUSES EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. WE'RE LIVE TO THE WORST-HIT TOWN OF KAIKOURA, WHERE LOCALS AND TOURISTS ARE CUT OFF BY LAND. AND WHAT MOTHER NATURE'S THREATENING TO DELIVER TO THE CAPITAL'S QUAKE-RATTLED RESIDENTS. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIRST TONIGHT, NEARLY 24 HOURS AFTER A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE STRUCK THE SOUTH ISLAND, SEVERE AFTERSHOCKS ARE STILL RATTLING FRAYED NERVES. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE 7.5 MAGNITUDE JOLT, WHICH WAS CENTRED NEAR HANMER SPRINGS AT JUST 15KM DEEP. ALI PUGH'S IN THE WORST-HIT TOWN OF KAIKOURA AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. ALI. It really has been an extraordinary day here. On a scale that many would have never seen before. We have been experiencing hundreds of earthquakes here in Kaikoura, and some of them have been very sizeable. We had a 5.8 magnitude quake around eight. People have been gathered under the roof at the hospital because it is one of the only places in town that has free Wi-Fi. At this stage of the evening everyone is exhausted. It has been about 24 hours since the quake struck. Many people have been up since midnight. They had to evacuate low-lying areas and come to the high ground. People did not get much rest today and are looking for dissing the end of the day. IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT,... BANGING ...A HARSH JOLT AWAKENING HALF THE COUNTRY. LAST NIGHT WAS JUST WAS SO DEVASTATING AND SHOCKING. IT JUST` IT KNOCKED ME OUT OF BED. RUMBLING <BLEEP>. GLASS SHATTERS <BLEEP>. THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE SOON BECAME CLEAR IN THE LIGHT OF DAY. THIS FARM COTTAGE AT BLUFF STATION WAS COMPLETELY SHAKEN FROM ITS FOUNDATIONS. HIS BED WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS CORNER HERE, AND BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED, HE WOULD HAVE ROLLED OUT AND GONE OUT OF THE DOOR HERE. BUT IT'S KAIKOURA THAT'S BEARING THE BRUNT OF THE DEADLY QUAKE,... YOU WERE DRIVING, AND THE ROADS WERE COLLAPSING AS YOU WERE DRIVING. ALL THE WATER WAS COMING OUT. EVERYONE WAS SCREAMING. IT WAS` THE TRAFFIC WAS JAMMED. ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THE ROADS WERE JUST CAVING IN BENEATH YOU. IT WAS REALLY SCARY. ...WITH MASSIVE SLIPS, ROCKS AND DEBRIS NOW BLOCKING ALL ACCESS INTO THE COASTAL TOWN. 'HELP.' (CHUCKLES) 'AND GET ME OUT.' IT'S` YEAH. IT'S HARD. SORRY. THIS ONE WAS VERY VIOLENT. WE WERE IN A CARAVAN, AND IT SHOOK IT OFF ITS FOUNDATIONS. AFTERSHOCKS HAVE CONTINUED TO RATTLE THE COMMUNITY HERE, ONE HITTING DURING THIS RESIDENTS' BRIEFING. RUMBLING AN ELDERLY MAN DIED HERE AT THE HISTORIC ELMS HOMESTEAD, AND ANOTHER WAS PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE. A SECOND PERSON DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AT A PROPERTY IN MT LYFORD. OTHER RESIDENTS ARE RELIEVED TO BE SAFE BUT DESPERATE TO TALK TO LOVED ONES. THE WORST THING ABOUT IT, I CAN'T CONTACT MY FAMILY TO TELL THEM THAT WE'RE FINE, BUT THEY'LL BE WATCHING, AND WE WANT TO TELL THEM WE LOVE THEM. WATER SUPPLIES ARE NOW RUNNING LOW IN THE TOWN AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS STILL BROKEN. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR US IS MAKING SURE THAT VISITORS AND RESIDENTS HAVE SANITARY SERVICES, SO, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL IN TOWN. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SEWERAGE IS DISPOSED OF CLEANLY. THE RED CROSS ARE OFFERING WATER SUPPLIES TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM, WHILE EMERGENCY SERVICES HAVE BEEN DELIVERING FOOD PACKAGES TO EXHAUSTED RESIDENTS. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY, WHO FLEW OVER DAMAGED RAILWAYS AND BLOCKED ROADS THIS AFTERNOON, IS ESTIMATING THE CLEAN-UP COSTS WILL RUN TO BILLIONS. I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW LONG IT'LL ACTUALLY TAKE TO MOVE THAT LEVEL OF RUBBLE OFF THE ROAD, NOT TO MENTION THE DAMAGE TO THE RAILWAYS HERE. FOR NOW, THOUGH, THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO RALLY TOGETHER AS THEY PREPARE TO FACE ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT. SO, ALI, WHAT ARE PEOPLE THERE DOING TONIGHT? They are actually hoping to get a bit of extra sleep tonight. Given the day that they have had. Most people are already tucked up in bed. Relief centres are full. 500 people are sleeping in the Marae tonight. The cars here are full of people sleeping to. Everyone is trapped here. Given the slippages and slums on the roads. But we now know the NZ defence Force has deployed. It will bring emergency supplies. We're running low here on water. Food is being rationed. They will bring much-needed supplies. They will be ferrying visitors out of Kaikoura. THANKS. ALI PUGH IN KAIKOURA FOR US TONIGHT. STAY SAFE. AFTERSHOCKS FROM THE INITIAL QUAKE HAVE BEEN FELT RIGHT UP THE COUNTRY AND EARLIER CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE IN WELLINGTON, BUT MOTHER NATURE'S NOT DONE WITH THE CAPITAL YET, WITH FORECAST STRONG GALES AND HEAVY RAIN THREATENING TO CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS. SEAN HOGAN HAS MORE. IT WAS THE BUMP IN THE NIGHT... <BLEEP>. <BLEEP>. RUMBLING, CRASHING ...THAT LEFT WELLINGTON RUMBLED, RESULTING TSUNAMI WARNINGS SENDING RESIDENTS OF LOW-LYING WELLINGTON SUBURBS FOOTING IT FOR THE HILLS. STARTED OFF WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A ROLL, AND THEN IT JUST` IT... MUST HAVE LASTED ABOUT 40, 45 SECONDS. APARTMENT AND HOTEL-DWELLERS WERE LEFT SCARED ON THE CBD'S STREETS, THE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY EXTENSIVE. THIS APARTMENT NEAR WELLINGTON'S WATERFRONT TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. RESIDENT JACK RICHARDS SAW THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF ART DESTROYED. THINGS STARTED FALLING DOWN, SO WE TRIED TO GET TO A DOORWAY, AND IT WAS SO VIOLENT THEN, I FELL DOWN. MY PARTNER GOT SLIGHTLY INJURED. IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLY VIOLENT. IT WAS A WILD NIGHT FOR THIS FAMILY, WHO SPENT THE NIGHT CAMPED OUT IN THE LOUNGE. THE WHOLE BED JUST JUMPED OUT FROM THE WALL. THESE DOORS JUST LITERALLY BUCKLED, AND JUST OPENEDAND SWAYED BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH. IT WAS REALLY SCARY. I WAS CRYING THE ENTIRE NIGHT. BUSINESSES ARE LEFT COUNTING THE COST AS THEY CLEAN UP THE MESS. SHELVES HAVE DECIDED TO EMPTY THEMSELVES ON TO THE FLOOR. STAFF, FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE ALL TURNED UP TO HELP US TIDY UP. SOME ARE LUCKY TO COME AWAY UNSCATHED. THE FIJIAN EMBASSY HAD QUITE A TALL CHIMNEY. IT BOUNCED UP AND DROPPED ON TO OUR KITCHEN. IT'S BROKEN THROUGH THE ROOF, BUT IT HASN'T COLLAPSED THE KITCHEN COMPLETELY. ENGINEERS HAVE SPENT MOST OF TODAY SURVEYING WELLINGTON'S CBD, WITH BUILDINGS WORSE FOR WEAR, GLASS EVERYWHERE AND STREETS SHUT. SOME OF THESE STREETS ARE STILL NOT OPEN AND WON'T BE TOMORROW, BUT MOTHER NATURE IS NOT DONE WITH WELLINGTON YET TONIGHT. WITH HEAVY RAIN AND A SEVERE WIND WARNING IN PLACE, OFFICIALS ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO STILL STAY AWAY FROM THE CBD, AS GLASS COULD FALL FROM DAMAGED BUILDINGS. RESIDENTS HOPE THERE'S NO MORE TO CLEAN UP TOMORROW. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. ROAD CONTRACTORS WILL CONTINUE CLEARING SLIPS AT FIRST LIGHT TOMORROW AS THEY WORK TO REOPEN ROADS AND ASSESS THE SAFETY OF A NUMBER OF KEY SOUTH ISLAND HIGHWAYS. HERE ARE THE ROAD CLOSURES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. STARTING FROM THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, AND STATE HIGHWAY 1 FROM PICTON TO BLENHEIM IS NOW OPEN, BUT SEDDON TO CHEVIOT REMAINS CLOSED. THERE IS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON THE MAIN STRETCH BETWEEN BLENHEIM TO KAIKOURA. THE ROAD'S CLOSED ALL THE WAY TO THE SMALL TOWN OF WAIPARA. THE TRANSPORT AGENCY IS WORKING URGENTLY WITH KAIKOURA DISTRICT COUNCIL TO OPEN THE INLAND ROAD BETWEEN CULVERDEN AND KAIKOURA. THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT OPEN AND OPERATING SAFELY WITHIN DAYS. AND ON STATE HIGHWAY 7, THE ROAD IS CLOSED FROM WAIPARA TO SPRINGS JUNCTION BUT WILL REOPEN AT 7AM TOMORROW MORNING TO LIGHT VEHICLES ONLY. TODAY'S QUAKE EXPOSED SOME VULNERABLE AREAS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY TRANSPORT LINKS. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN'S BEEN TALKING TO THOSE IN POWER ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WITH VITAL ROAD, RAIL AND SEA LINKS FROM CHRISTCHURCH CHOKED OFF, FREIGHT COMPANIES ARE NOW SCRAMBLING. IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN THE WORSE SINCE THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE. KIWI RAIL SAYS IT'LL BE TWO DAYS AT LEAST BEFORE THEY CAN SAY WHEN TRAINS WILL START RUNNING ALONG THE EAST COAST TO PICTON AGAIN. FOR THE COASTAL ROAD FROM CHEVIOT TO KAIKOURA, THE OUTLOOK IS ALSO UNCERTAIN,... THE SLIPS ON STATE HIGHWAY 1 ARE SIGNIFICANT. IT COULD BE DAYS OR WEEKS BEFORE WE GET IN THERE AND CLEAR THOSE SLIPS. ...AND CONSUMERS WILL PAY. THESE COSTS ARE SIGNIFICANT, AND FREIGHT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF ALL GOODS. IT'S SOMETHING LIKE 12%, 15% OF THE RETAIL PRICE OF MOST GOODS IS THE FREIGHT COMPONENT, SO WHEN YOU GET A DISRUPTION LIKE THIS, IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT. BUT IT'S NOT JUST ON LAND WHERE THIS QUAKE HAS HIGHLIGHTED TRANSPORT VULNERABILITIES. COOK STRAIT FERRIES ALSO AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE FAST, BECAUSE OF PORT DAMAGE IN PICTON AND WELLINGTON. WE WILL BE TAKING ROAD TRAFFIC OVER THE COOK STRAIT AS FAR AS PICTON. AT THIS STAGE, WE ARE NOT TAKING MORE FREIGHT TRAFFIC. WE ARE AS WE SPEAK WORKING WITH COASTAL SHIP OPERATORS TO SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE SOME OF THAT FREIGHT. THE FINANCE MINSTER'S AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES THIS QUAKE'S EXPOSED. THE NATIONAL LAND TRANSPORT FUND HAS A CONTINGENCY FUND FOR EARTHQUAKES, BECAUSE WE GET THEM PRETTY REGULARLY, BUT EVEN IF THAT RUNS OUT, WE CAN FUND IT FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET. AND A 6.3 AFTERSHOCK MID-INTERVIEW IN HIS BEEHIVE OFFICE WAS A REMINDER THAT THE EMERGENCY'S FAR FROM OVER. AN EARTHQUAKE LIKE WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. (LAUGHS) YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, WE'VE GOT USED TO IT, HAVEN'T WE? DISTANT RUMBLING, THUDDING THAT'S STILL GOING. THAT'S BIG. MAN. THAT REALLY ROLLS AROUND UP HERE, DOESN'T IT? BILL ENGLISH SAYS THE GOVERNMENT WILL LEARN FROM THE SHORTCOMINGS THIS QUAKE'S UNEARTHED. IT'S REALLY JUST A MATTER OF HOW MUCH YOU ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO INVEST TO SECURE RELIABILITY OF THE TRANSPORT LINKS. THIS EARTHQUAKE MEANS WE ARE GOING TO INVEST A BIT MORE AND TRY A BIT HARDER TO GET THAT RELIABILITY. BUT HE'S CONFIDENT THE ECONOMY WON'T BE KNOCKED OFF COURSE BY THIS LATEST EARTHQUAKE. BUT IN SOME POSITIVE NEWS, POWER HAS NOW BEEN RESTORED TO MUCH OF KAIKOURA, AND SOME MOBILE PHONE USERS HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO THE NETWORK. EXPERTS BELIEVE THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO EARTHQUAKES JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FIRST, AT 12.02 NEAR CULVERDEN, WAS A MAGNITUDE 7.5, A THRUST-MOTION QUAKE, WHERE ONE BLOCK OF LAND IS FORCED UP OVER ANOTHER. BUT THIS EVENT TRIGGERED ANOTHER MOMENTS LATER FURTHER NORTH, A STRIKE-SLIP QUAKE, WHERE LANDMASSES SCRAPE AGAINST EACH OTHER SIDEWAYS. THIS MAY EXPLAIN WHY THERE'VE BEEN MAJOR AFTERSHOCKS IN TWO LOCATIONS, AROUND KAIKOURA AND SEDDON, SOME UPWARDS OF MAGNITUDE 5, AND CONTINUING RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT THERE'VE ALSO BEEN SIGNIFICANT TREMORS IN THE NORTH ISLAND. IN WELLINGTON, STRONG EARLY-MORNING JOLTS CAUSED WIDESPREAD STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THE CAPITAL. BUT LOOK AT THESE ` SHOCKS MEASURING ABOVE MAGNITUDE 4 AS FAR AWAY AS TAIHAPE, PARAPARAUMU AND TAUPO. THE 7.5 SHAKE IS NZ'S THIRD BIGGEST IN THE LAST CENTURY. IT'S SURPASSED ONLY BY A 7.8 IN 2009 IN AN UNPOPULATED PART OF FIORDLAND, AND OF COURSE, A QUAKE OF THE SAME MAGNITUDE IN HAWKE'S BAY IN 1931, OUR DEADLIEST NATURAL DISASTER TO DATE. JUST AHEAD ` A DEVASTATING DISCOVERY FOR A CHRISTCHURCH FAMILY AFTER THEY EVACUATED THEIR HOME AND RETURNED TO FIND IT RANSACKED. THE QUAKE COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME FOR NERVOUS STUDENTS FACING BIG EXAMS. AND RICHIE TO THE RESCUE. HOW THE FORMER AB'S SKIPPER HAS BEEN HELPING OUT WITH RELIEF EFFORTS. A CHRISTCHURCH FAMILY ARE AMONG SEVERAL LEFT DEVASTATED AFTER THEIR HOMES WERE BURGLED DURING LAST NIGHT'S EARTHQUAKE. THE MILL FAMILY EVACUATED THEIR HOUSE ALONG WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, WHO SUFFERS FROM MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, BUT ON THEIR RETURN, THEY FOUND THEIR HOME RANSACKED. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. THIS IS WHERE WE WALKED IN, AND WAS THE TV STAND. THEY FEEL THEY'VE BEEN HIT WHEN THEY'RE DOWN. A FAMILY STRUGGLING TO COMPREHEND ` WHY THEM? I'M REALLY DISHEARTENED TO HOW ANYBODY COULD DO THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, CHRISTCHURCH, ETC, JUST WENT THROUGH AN EARTHQUAKE. WHEN THE QUAKE STRUCK AT MIDNIGHT, MATT AND MELISSA MILL DECIDED TO TAKE NO CHANCES. THOUGHT, 'JEEPERS, WE'D BETTER START LOOKING AT PACKING UP.' SIREN HOWLS LIVING NEAR THE BEACH AT NEW BRIGHTON WITH A TSUNAMI WARNING IN PLACE, THEIR CONCERN WAS FOR THEIR DAUGHTERS, ESPECIALLY 12-YEAR-OLD ALEISHA, WHO SUFFERS FROM MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. WITH ALEISHA BEING IN A WHEELCHAIR, WE WERE BETTER OFF BEING SAFE THAN SORRY. THEY EVACUATED, DRIVING TO THE AIRPORT TO WAIT IT OUT, BUT ON THEIR RETURN AT DAYLIGHT, A SHOCK WAS IN STORE. THE OLD HEART SANK A BIT WHEN I SEEN MY TRUCK WASN'T THERE, AND PULLED ROUND THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO FIND THAT, YEAH, ALL THE GARAGE DOOR AND SLEEP-OUT DOOR AND HOUSE DOORS WERE ALL OPEN. ALL THE ELECTRONICS WERE GONE ` TV'S, THE COMPUTER, CAMERAS. EVEN CHRISTMAS GIFTS WERE RIPPED OPEN. EVERYTHING WAS TIPPED UPSIDE DOWN, AND ALL THE DRAWERS WERE OUT. BUT OF SPECIAL VALUE TO ALEISHA, THOUGH ` HER BRAND-NEW $5000 PERSONALISED ELECTRONIC HEARING SYSTEM, WHICH ALLOWS HER TEACHERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER. IT'S A PART OF HER BODY ` A PART OF HER BEING ABLE TO DO THINGS, TO LEARN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY PLEASURE. BUT SINCE THEIR NEWS HAS SPREAD, THEY'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH KINDNESS FROM STRANGERS ` A TV FROM THIS MAN, THE OFFER OF A CAR FROM ANOTHER, EVEN FOOD. WE'VE JUST HAD SOMEONE COME ROUND AND GIVE US LUNCH. LIKE, NEVER SEEN THEM IN OUR LIFE. THE SUPPORT'S BEEN UNREAL. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. AND SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN $31,000 IN ONLINE DONATIONS TO THE MILL FAMILY. THE QUAKES STRUCK AT THE MOST STRESSFUL TIME OF YEAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN HOW MANY ARE AFFECTED BY TODAY'S POSTPONEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP AND CANCELLATION OF NCEA EXAMS. PARENTS OF AFFECTED TEENS ARE BEING ADVISED TO OFFER EXTRA SUPPORT. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. TWO FULL SAFETY INSPECTIONS ASSURED JENNY WILLIAMS HER SCHOOL WAS SAFE FOR STUDENTS DETERMINED TO SIT THEIR NCEA EXAMS DESPITE AN UNSETTLED NIGHT IN THE CAPITAL. THEY DID BREATHING EXERCISES, AND WE REALLY TRIED TO CALM THEM DOWN AND JUST FOCUS THEM ON SOME POSITIVES ABOUT SITTING THEIR EXAMS. BUT AFTERSHOCKS ROCKED LEVEL ONE SCIENCE AND KEPT COMING. I FEEL REALLY SAFE IN THIS BUILDING. IT'S QUAKE-PROOF, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GO AND HIDE. OH, THERE'S AN AFTERSHOCK RIGHT NOW. OH MY GOODNESS. (LAUGHS) THE SEISMIC ACTIVITY KEPT ABOUT A THIRD OF THE SCHOOL'S EXAM CANDIDATES AWAY. THEY'LL NOW GET DERIVED GRADES BASED ON THEIR YEAR'S WORK. IT MEANS THAT STUDENTS THAT LEFT THEIR RUN TO THE VERY END MAY BE DISADVANTAGED, BUT FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO'VE WORKED ALL YEAR, THEY'LL BE FINE WITH A DERIVED GRADE. IT'S THE SAME STORY FOR STUDENTS AT NEARBY WELLINGTON GIRLS' AND WELLINGTON COLLEGE, ACROSS THE STRAIT AT MARLBOROUGH GIRLS' AND MARLBOROUGH BOYS' AND OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS UNABLE TO OPEN THROUGHOUT THE QUAKE ZONE, INCLUDING CHRISTCHURCH'S LINWOOD HIGH, WHICH DOUBLED AS A CIVIL DEFENCE SHELTER OVERNIGHT. NZQA HAVE REALLY STRONG PROCEDURES FOR THAT, AND, UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE KNOW IN CHRISTCHURCH, CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS AND NZQA ARE WELL EXPERIENCED AT THIS SORT OF THING. AND TOP STUDENTS NATIONWIDE ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY TODAY'S POSTPONEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP HISTORY AND CHEMISTRY EXAMS. NZQA CAN'T YET SAY EXACTLY HOW MANY ARE AFFECTED OR WHEN THE EXAMS WILL BE RESCHEDULED. THE AUTHORITY'S CLOSED FOR THE DAY AS STAFF TRY TO WORK OUT A SOLUTION. IN THE MEANTIME, THE ADVICE FOR PARENTS IS ` KEEP YOUR DISRUPTED TEEN CALM AND FOCUSED. GET BACK IN, BE RESILIENT, AND JUST PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND KEEP WORKING. FOR SOME AT LEAST, THE EXAMS OF 2016 ARE ONES THEY'LL NEVER FORGET. WHEN WE WERE IN THE EXAM, BEFORE WE STARTED, THERE WERE AFTERSHOCKS THROUGH OUR EXAM. IT WAS A BIT HECTIC. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` WE'VE GOT TOMORROW'S WEATHER. PLUS ` RICHIE RELIEF. THE ALL BLACK LEGEND TAKES TO THE SKY TO BOOST RESCUE EFFORTS. You know that person - the one who seizes the day, shines, full of life, never stops inspiring. (UPBEAT MUSIC) They're a force of nature. At Nature's Own, we search the world for potent ingredients because nature can be a powerful force for your health and we want to help everyone get the strength they need to be a force of nature. Join us and discover their stories at naturesown.co.nz. ALL BLACKS GREAT RICHIE MCCAW HAS STEPPED IN TO HELP WITH THE EARTHQUAKE RESCUE EFFORTS. THE RUGBY LEGEND, WHO IS NOW A COMMERCIAL HELICOPTER PILOT, WAS WOKEN AT MIDNIGHT BY THE JOLT AND WANTED TO DO HIS BIT TO HELP. HE'S BEEN FERRYING SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS AND FIRE SERVICE MEMBERS INTO TROUBLE SPOTS IN KAIKOURA. MCCAW SAYS HE SAW A GREAT DEAL OF DAMAGE FROM THE AIR, ESPECIALLY TO THE ROADS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH MY HOMEGIRL, BEYONCE. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ BEYONCE'S 'LOVE ON TOP' PLAYS THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT, BUT OUR ONLINE TEAM IS PROVIDING LIVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ON ONENEWSNOW.CO.NZ THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. STAY SAFE OUT THERE. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF THE MOST STRIKING IMAGES OF THE DAY. GOODNIGHT. REFLECTIVE PIANO MUSIC CAPTIONS BY SARAH MAIAVA AND IMOGEN STAINES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016