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An extensive check has shown that Christchurch escaped any serious damage from a magnitude 5.5 aftershock on Monday.

Civil Defence says Northland Regional Council will investigate what accidentally set off a series of tsunami sirens in the area on Friday night.

Whangarei coast dwellers hoping for a holiday sleep-in are in for a rude awakening as the council tests its new tsunami sirens.

Stocks in the United States have snapped a three-day losing streak, due to a rebound in commodity prices and strong earnings from Dell.

Stocks in the United States and Britain faltered on Wednesday after a three-day rally.

An engine on an Air New Zealand plane malfunctioned during a flight from Auckland to Wellington, forcing it to land with one engine shut down.

Stocks in the United States opened higher on Monday after President Barack Obama announced on Sunday night that Osama bin Laden had been killed. However, they have since pared their gains.

It'll be an India-Sri Lanka final at the Cricket World Cup on Saturday night in Mumbai after the tournament's senior hosts India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in this morning's...

A helicopter pilot called out to a fatal boating accident in Doubtful Sound in Fiordland says the boaties appear to have misjudged the entrance to the Sounds in the dark and plowed into rocks. Audio

US stocks were up on Wednesday as a rise in mining and energy shares offset worries about unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. European shares also ended higher.

Four community briefings will take place in Christchurch on Wednesday.

A cross recovered from the ruins of Christchurch Cathedral will be a symbol of hope as worshippers gather for services on Sunday morning.

New centres offering support services in Christchurch were used by 750 people on their first day of operation. Audio

New centres offering welfare and support services are opening on Saturday morning to help people in some of the hardest-hit Christchurch suburbs.

New recovery assistance centres are opening on Saturday in some of the suburbs hardest hit by the Christchurch earthquake.

People in the Botany electorate are being urged to get out and vote in Saturday's by-election and to vote on Friday if they are going to be away for the weekend. Audio

More than $2.2 million has been paid out in emergency payments in Christchurch since the earthquake. Audio

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker says 55 bodies have been identified after Tuesday's massive earthquake. With 20 other deaths confirmed, though the bodies have yet to be recovered, the official death...

Parliament is set to be suspended for the rest of the week.

Christchurch has woken on Wednesday from what a local business leader calls the nightmare that didn't happen in September. Tuesday afternoon's 6.3 earthquake has shattered the city, leaving an…

Italian golfer Giulia Sergas, despite still feeling the effects of a week-long illness, was in commanding form on the first day of the New Zealand Women's Open, firing an eight-under...

The Greenpeace activists who boarded a ship in a bid to prevent it from unloading 10,000 tonnes of palm kernel at Port Taranaki have all been arrested.

Fire crews and helicopters are battling a large scrub fire on the South Wairarapa coast.

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake has occurred off the islands of New Caledonia, at a depth of 7.2km.

A 48-year-old woman is dead after the ute she was in was hit by a train at a level crossing in Stratford, near New Plymouth.