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Up to six NZers feared dead in tsunami

NZ public, politicians pitch in to help

Members of Parliament are working alongside members of the public as a huge international relief effort gets under way in Samoa and Tonga.

4 Aussies in Indonesia missing

Authorities have made contact with three Australians who had been unaccounted for in the earthquake-ravaged Indonesian city of Padang, but concerns remain for four others who still have not been in touch with officials.

Chances of finding tourist 'pretty grim'

Malaysian tourist missing

Surviving the homecoming

When I heard John Glennie's "Gidday Blossom" on the phone this week, I knew nothing had changed.

Woman trapped in crashed plane

Rescue workers had to pull a badly injured woman from the wreckage of a Great Barrier Airlines plane that crashed yesterday.

Body found in Marlborough

Aussie breaks both ankles in 700m fall down Mt Ruapehu

Second big fall on slopes of Mt Ruapehu

Just a day after a man's nasty 60m tumble, an Australian man is lucky to be alive after a big fall in the same area.

Climber survives 60m mountain fall

An Auckland climber fell "like a rag doll" after slipping while decending from Mt Ruapehu's Dome Summit.

Daring chopper resuce for fallen climber

Kiwi yachtie's Pacific nightmare

Alex Macdonald says he was kept in Tongan police custody for five days, accused of killing his skipper.

Rescued politician thought his number was up

Chance sighting saves missing MP

Man airlifted after machete injury