MetService, the national meteorological service, warned of a "threat to life" from falling trees ... Radio New Zealand reported. In the city of Christchurch, the largest in the South Island ...

Ben Sievwright, manager of Ziff's Cafe and Bar in Invercargill on the South Island, said he felt "a little sway". "Just a little wee shake, nothing too eventful," he told AFP. The New Zealand ...