I received this from my friend in New Zealand.

"This morning’s 7.2 earthquake was on the South Island and although there are reports of it being felt as far north as New Plymouth (40 miles north of us), we didn’t feel anything. We haven’t heard from Anthony yet (it’s now 5:40am – it happened about an hour ago) – Terry’s brother who lives in Christchurch – but he should be ok – single story strucutre. Victoria might be a bit shaken in Wellington, though and it was widely felt in Dunedin"