Shanghai has relocated more than 280,000 people, halted flights and ferries as a tropical storm whips eastern China with gales and heavy rain.

A powerful quake off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered tsunami waves of up to 5 metres, sparking evacuation orders across ...

A Dunedin teenager crashed into up to four parked cars after stealing her caregivers’ vehicle for a late-night drive, police say. The ...

A powerful and damaging 8.8 quake has struck off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, generating a tsunami of up to 4 metres and ...

All New Zealand coastal areas are now covered by a warning of tsunami activity following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake near Russia earlier today.

A powerful quake off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered 5-metre-high tsunami waves in Hawaii hours later, sparking ...

Labour MP Willie Jackson has accused the government of trying to rig next year's election through its move to block people from being able to ...

A powerful quake off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered 5-metre-high tsunami waves in Hawaii hours later, sparking ...

The missing tramper left a note and police pinpointed his phone to a clearing, but there has been no sign of the West Coast man.

Long-serving Fendalton Ward Christchurch city councillor James Gough is stepping down from his role to take up a job in the private sector.

A New Plymouth man assaulted outside a local rugby club has died. Daniel Nganeko, 37, was punched in the head in what police say was an unprovoked attack outside the Tukapa clubrooms in Gladstone Rd ...

The missing tramper left a note and police pinpointed his phone to a clearing, but there has been no sign of the West Coast man.