New Zealanders volunteering in Nepal have spoken of the terror as a second massive earthquake struck the country.

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Nepal today, with a number of powerful aftershocks also shaking the beleaguered nation.

New Zealand engineers are on the way to Nepal to assess earthquake damage in the capital, Kathmandu.

New Zealand engineers are on the way to Nepal to assess earthquake damage in the capital Kathmandu.

Survivors of the avalanche at Everest Base Camp have described how an NZ-based doctor helped save the lives of 25 people, despite being wounded herself.

Winston Aldworth is impressed by the strong, resilient people of Nepal.

A lack of medical facilities is heightening the crisis for people in quake-ravaged Nepal, said New Zealand aid agency MEND.

Trekkers on Base Camp, many being experienced adventure seekers, relive their experiences of Nepal's earthquake.

A New Zealander feared missing in Nepal after a large earthquake struck the nation has been found, but two more are still unaccounted for.

Peter Hillary and Jamling Tenzing Norgay, whose fathers scaled Everest for the first time, witnessed the Nepal earthquake and avalanche first hand.

A Kiwi anaesthetist volunteering in quake-ravaged Nepal says the most heart-wrenching sights are the things he can't help with - providing food and shelter.

A personalised number plate remembering Sir Edmund Hillary is being auctioned to raise money for Nepal’s rebuild after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last Saturday.

Three New Zealanders thought to have been missing in Nepal have contacted their families to let them know they're safe, as three remain unaccounted for.

Kiwi backpacker Doran Graham spent more than three hours smashing through concrete and moving debris to help rescue a man trapped under rubble in Nepal.

Three New Zealanders thought to have been missing in Nepal have contacted their families to let them know they're safe, as three still remain unaccounted for.

Jitendra Bothara, who works for Miyamoto New Zealand, jetted out last night to join a specialist team from Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief Fund,

A young Kiwi volunteering in a Nepalese children’s home when last week’s earthquake struck has harnessed the support of social media to provide food and supplies to remote villages.

New Zealanders are being warned to look out for fraudsters trying to exploit charity appeals in the wake of the Nepal earthquake.

Can earthquakes ever be predicted? This question is timely after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal recently.

More than $200,000 has been raised by New Zealanders for victims of last week's devastating Nepal earthquake, the Himalayan Trust says.

Earthquake engineers often say earthquakes don’t kill people, collapsing buildings do.

In the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake comes another deadly threat - landslides.

Incredible images have emerged of the moment a four-month old baby was rescued from the rubble of a building devastated by the Nepal earthquake.

The full scale of the devastation in Nepal is only just beginning to come to light leaving the country facing a host of challenges.

Landslides have forced people from the worst affected villages in Nepal to carry their injured out by foot in the aftermath of the devastating 7.8 earthquake.

Research in the Himalaya is beginning to shed light on the processes that lead to earthquakes, and understand the threat they pose to local people.

“The environment is obviously dangerous. The view is there’s probably another 5000 bodies in the rubble. Children are just playing in that environment."

A five-star hotel in the capital city of Nepal has been accused of only letting wealthy visitors into the grounds and refusing to help.

Lizzy Farrington had been walking up the Khumbu Glacier in Nepal, and was about 30 minutes from Everest base camp when the first earthquake struck Nepal.