The earthquake off the coast of the South Island
Yeah that was big, and the after shocks lasted a while, but these events are few and far between.

My parents are doing their darndest to try to scare us out of our move to New Zealand (uncontrollable events have pushed it back, but hopefully we'll be out of here by May)
just in time for a south island winter...nice.LOL

what ever you do, don't show them this then...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire