Initial recording by Geonet put the quake at a depth of 28km, west of Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast.

However that has since been revised to a magnitude 4.2 - which caused "light shaking" in the region.

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03 Jul: A woman's been charged with interfering with human remains - over a newborn's body found in an Auckland wheelie bin on Tuesday

03 Jul: A Wellington man's due to reappear in court today, following his involvement with an organised crime group, which allegedly stole 450-million-dollars worth of cryptocurrency

02 Jul: The Wellington Phoenix have confirmed the departure of three men's players

30 Jun: The Tactix are ruing an inability to turn possession into goals during their 59-50 loss to the Pulse in netball's ANZ Premiership at Wellington

28 Jun: Police have launched a fresh appeal for information, about a sexual assault that happened on Wellington's Rangituhi track ten days ago

24 Jun: The Phoenix have lured the first choice Football Ferns goalkeeper back to New Zealand

24 Jun: Human remains have been found in a garden in Wellington's Owhiro Bay

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Cardi B feels proud of her Whipshots success 12:06

Rugby:
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Entertainment:
Liam Gallagher has no desire to perform on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage 11:36

National:
NZ will soon have no real interisland rail-ferry link – why are we so bad at infrastructure planning? 11:17

Cricket:
England finishes day two of second Test at 3-77, India scores 587 in first innings 11:17

Politics:
The Pasifika Medical Association continues to refute allegations of impropriety, over its funding of Moana Pasifika 11:07

Entertainment:
Jake Paul wants the "challenge" of fighting Anthony Joshua 11:06

Environment:
More weather warnings today for the upper South Island - with a Heavy Rain Watch in effect until 2pm 10:47

Politics:
A West Coast Tasman MP wants a 'mini-version' of the Government's fast-track system, to speed up consent processing 10:47

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