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Quake felt across lower North, top South Island

Quake rattles border area

Judge lets detained Baptists out of jail

Defence staff astonished no one hurt in Cooks cyclone

Haiti heartbreaking, says Helen Clark

Bill for Haiti quake near $20b

Weather brightens up for the weekend

Ex tropical cyclone Rene will combine with a front in the Tasman Sea bringing mostly gloomy, humid, drizzly weather to the upper and western North Island for the rest of today.

Cyclone Rene lets Tonga off lightly

Flash-floods swamp Brisbane

Cyclone Gita slamming into Tonga

Tropical cyclone hits Tonga. Roofs have been blown off houses, streets are flooding and trees have fallen.

Second cyclone set to hit Cook Islands

Residents on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands are preparing for a second cyclone following the category three Cyclone Pat which struck the island yesterday.

Haitian judge poised to release kidnap accused missionaries

Ten missionaries facing trial for trying to take a busload of children out of Haiti could be released from jail.

State of disaster on Aitutaki as Pat tears through

State of Disaster declared after Cook Islands cyclone

Pacific coastal disaster risk to be assessed

New Zealand scientists will island-hop around the Pacific for the next six months.

Haiti survivor's story under scrutiny

A rice seller may have lived under the rubble of a flea market for 27 days with little more than water.

NZ scientists to study Pacific danger spots

Geologists from GNS Science will spend the next six months collecting information on buildings and infrastructure in Pacific Island countries.

Queensland flood toll mounts