There was an early-morning spike in earthquake activity around KaikÅura on Thursday.A magnitude 4.7 tremor struck at 12:30am, centered only five kilometers from the earthquake-damaged town.Ten minutes later there was a 4.4 quake 20 kilometres away.
We are making much better progress than expected, the New Zealand Transport Agency hopes to restore controlled, single-lane access to residents and essential services by mid-December," Bridges said on Tuesday.
