WorldVanuatu: Stinging attack on aid agenciesThe deputy chairman of Vanuatu's natural disaster committee has launched a stinging attack on NGOs in the cyclone-struck nation.19 Mar 06:14 AM
WorldVanuatu: 'We thought we would die'New Zealand aid worker Andrew Finlay takes Kirsty Johnston around the island of Tanna, where the destruction is wholesale.18 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldEstablishing a new normalThe Syrian conflict is one of several emergencies World Vision is responding to.18 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldIllnesses spreading fast on islandThe threat of disease from dirty water has affected "absolutely everybody" in Vanuatu in the wake of Cyclone Pam.18 Mar 07:39 AM
New ZealandChathams storm: 'Everyone's still hunkered down'A state of emergency remains in place in the Chatham Islands, where ex-cyclone Pam is still causing rough weather.18 Mar 05:11 AM
WorldCyclone Pam: Before and after photosThe first aid planes arrived to find scenes of "utter destruction" on the Vanuatu island of Tanna, where residents are in desperate need of emergency supplies.18 Mar 12:50 AM
WorldCyclone Pam: Villagers mark out 'H' for helpDesperate villagers on an outlying cyclone-flattened Vanuatu island have marked out a "H" for help to attract the attention of planes flying over.17 Mar 10:25 PM
WorldVanuatu: Dire need for aidThe first aid planes arrived to find scenes of "utter destruction" on the Vanuatu island of Tanna, four days after taking a direct hit from Cyclone Pam.17 Mar 10:14 PM
New ZealandChathams: Sea surges expected throughout the dayThe Chatham Islands has felt the brunt of ex-tropical Cyclone Pam overnight and more damaging winds and sea surges are expected throughout the day.17 Mar 07:05 PM
WorldBaby born in storm goes homeDoctors at the hospital performed an emergency caesarean in the middle of the cyclone - and delivered a baby they named Pamela.17 Mar 04:00 PM
AgribusinessCyclone Pam brings relief for farmersCyclone Pam has come with a silver lining for many farmers, bringing much-needed rain to most parts of the North Island.17 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandCyclone Pam: Conditions expected to worsen in ChathamsDamaging winds and sea surges from ex-tropical Cyclone Pam are escalating as the storm batters the Chatham Islands today.17 Mar 08:06 AM
New ZealandPam: State of emergency for ChathamsChatham Islands Mayor Alfred Preece said a state of emergency was declared yesterday to ensure all residents were prepared.16 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandCyclone Pam: Live updatesLive updates of Cyclone Pam's impact in New Zealand and the aftermath in devastated Pacific Island nations.16 Mar 03:34 AM
New ZealandPam: Kiwis unaccounted for in VanuatuVolunteer Service Abroad said it could still not account for four Kiwi volunteers in Vanuatu.15 Mar 07:11 PM
New ZealandVanuatu - dozens feared deadDozens are feared dead on Vanuatu and up to 10,000 are homeless in the wake of Cyclone Pam.15 Mar 04:00 PM
RoyalsFukushima battles food fear factorGovernment ministers, foreign press and ambassadors including New Zealand's Mark Sinclair are sitting in a glitzy conference room in downtown Tokyo, looking at stunning photographs on powerpoint of a....15 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandPam: Vanuatu counts the costNew Zealanders in Vanuatu have been drafted in to help at the capital's main hospital after it was ravaged by Cyclone Pam.15 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandPam moves closer to NZTropical Cyclone Pam is slowly weakening as it approaches NZ, but will still be "a very powerful tropical cyclone" as it passes the country within a few hundred kilometres.15 Mar 06:50 AM
WorldArmy joins clean-up after Cyclone MarciaFloodwaters are swamping two central Queensland towns as the huge clean-up continues in two others that bore the brunt of Cyclone Marcia's fury.22 Feb 04:00 PM
WorldArmy helps clean up after MarciaThe big rebuild has begun in central Queensland with the army joining efforts in the mop-up of the war-zone-like destruction left by Cyclone Marcia.21 Feb 11:54 PM
WorldCyclone havoc in northwest AustraliaRescue and recovery teams have entered the four remote Australian Northern Territory communities hit hardest by Cyclone Lam and are beginning to catalogue the damage.21 Feb 04:00 PM
WorldThe eyes of the stormsCommunities in coastal Queensland and New South Wales are bracing themselves for downpours of up to 500mm.20 Feb 04:00 PM
New Zealand'Everything's gone' Family home burnsA woman cried "everything's gone" before collapsing as her family's home went up in flames yesterday.15 Feb 12:03 AM
New ZealandFears for life as fire engulfs suburbMinutes after an inferno ripped across a tinder-dry paddock behind her Christchurch home, Julia Walker thought she was going to die.04 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandHot time down on the farmA teenage farmhand became an accidental hero after keeping a potentially disastrous scrub fire at bay.27 Jan 04:30 PM
WorldEco-home tested in disaster-prone areaVo Van Duong's bamboo and coconut leaf house looks much like others deep in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.27 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandDamage ends drill probe into quake perilA state-of-the-art laboratory near Franz Josef Glacier is being packed up after an ambitious drilling operation came to a premature end before scientists could bore through the high-risk Alpine Fault.07 Jan 04:00 PM
World‘I always believed my daughter was alive'At 7.58am on Boxing Day 2004 the ground shook and Jamaliah's world began to crumble.25 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandSister loved life and friends in ThailandOn Boxing Day morning, 2004, Leone Cosens had called from Thailand to chat and sister Claire Gurunathan was racing to collect family at the airport.25 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandCouple rode out churning wall of waterThey had sailed from New Zealand in 2002 and were two years into their adventure when they moored in a bay off Phuket in Thailand for Christmas.23 Dec 04:00 PM
