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Chilean rescuers are reinforcing an escape shaft to hoist 33 miners to freedom two months after they were trapped deep underground in a cave-in.

The road to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi has been littered with difficulties - delays in the construction of the stadiums, problems with the Athletes' Village and training facilities…

There is increasing concern over security and the state of facilities ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Audio

A footbridge near the main Commonwealth Games stadium in Delhi has collapsed, injuring at least 23 people. Audio

A civil engineer has been appointed to investigate why Stadium Southland's roof collapsed under the weight of snow. Audio

Civil Defence in Southland is urging business owners to ensure their buildings are safe before opening for work on Monday, after a heavy snowfall caused the stadium roof to cave in and damaged other…

Southland's indoor stadium was largely destroyed on Saturday morning when the roof caved in under heavy snow. Some junior tennis matches had just finished and no one was hurt.

Huge trucks carrying equipment to drill a third tunnel to rescue 33 men trapped deep inside a Chilean mine have arrived at the site.

Nine people have been killed in a plane crash at Fox Glacier Airport in New Zealand. Audio

A school claiming to be New Zealand's most modern and technologically advanced has been opened in Queenstown.

An Australian drilling consultant says it is likely 33 miners trapped deep in a Chilean mine may be there until Christmas. Audio

Chilean miners discovered alive more than two weeks after a cave-in have been sent supplies of saline and glucose through a narrow drill hole.

Chilean president Sebastian Pinera says 33 miners trapped underground since 5 August after a cave-in at a gold and copper mine have been found alive. They have tied a message to a rescue drill. Audio

Rescuers have been blocked in their attempt to reach 34 trapped miners in northern Chile by a fresh cave-in.

Fossil hunters in Australia have discovered a cave in north-west Queensland filled with the remains of marsupials that lived 15 million years ago.

A senior lecturer at Waikato University is advising farmers to think carefully before opening their gates to tourists.

A central North Island Maori trust plans to open what it says will be one of the most sustainable dairy factories in the world.

Agriculture Minister David Carter is not taking a threat of political action by farmers seriously. Some farmers in Waikato and Gisborne are discussing the idea of forming a rural political party.

Some North Island farmers are looking into forming a rural political party out of frustration at the Government's moves to implement the emissions trading scheme in July. Audio