Nothing is open in the town today, there's just an eerie silence as the town remains cut off in all directions. However, people can walk across the lengthy Waiau River bridge, but it can be unsettling to be on there when an aftershock strikes. Collins was playing computer games when the quake struck just after midnight today, sending a speaker crashing down onto his head. "It was very violent, more violent than Christchurch ... it was just shaking everywhere." Maureen Kotua was staying in a cabin at the nearby Waiau Motor Camp which is owned by her son-in-law and daughter.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 14, 2016 02:24 UTC