Seventeen-thousand people have reported feeling the jolt, which is being described by Geonet as 'strong'.

It struck 15 kilometres south-west of Wellington before midnight last night, at a depth of 13 kilometres.

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26 Jan: Emergency services are cleaning up human waste spilled out of a rolled truckload of portaloos on State Highway 1, north of Timaru - but it's not as bad as first announced

26 Jan: A man's appearing in court - after a kidnapping incident in Blenheim over the weekend

26 Jan: Prime Minister Chris Luxon joined the Mount Maunganui community last night, paying tribute to those presumed dead in Thursday's slip

26 Jan: A determination from emergency services to continue the recovery at Mount Maunganui as soon as possible

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