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Traces of plutonium found near reactor

Plutonium has been detected in soil samples taken from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

CTV building survivor finally meets rescuer

Experts to help Christchurch kids cope with quake

Quake rocks Bay of Plenty

Shallow quake hits near Mt Cook

Quake: Outrage over penthouse crane visit

A high profile property investor who was able to hire a crane to get car keys and clothes from his 13th floor penthouse has angered central Christchurch business owners...

Magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits Bay of Plenty

<i>Peter Bromhead</i>: An elite club for self-confessed experts

It's been an exhausting week for members of the Charlatan Society.

Quake hits central North Island

The central North Island has been shaken by an earthquake this morning.

Anxiety in Tokyo over radiation in tap water

Workers loaded trucks with boxes of bottled water to distribute across the city today after residents cleared store shelves following warnings that Tokyo's tap water had elevated radiation coming from Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear complex

Australia restricts Japan food imports

Huge staff cuts at Grand Chancellor, Arts Centre

Almost 100 employees at the badly quake-damaged Hotel Grand Chancellor in Christchurch are to lose their jobs...

Water poisonous for Tokyo infants

The Tokyo Water Bureau has warned parents not let their infants drink the city's radioactive water supply, with levels two times the recommended limit for infants.

Fate of Christchurch's Town Hall, Convention Centre unclear

<i>Michael Dickison:</i> Nuclear fears dim Tokyo's glow but not its spirits

Herald reporter <i>Michael Dickison</i>, who is fluent in Japanese, reports from a remarkably changed Tokyo.

Quake money reduces deficit

Virgin Blue facing A$80m loss on fuel costs

<i>Michael Dickison:</i> Evacuees taking life a day at a time

Herald reporter <b>Michael Dickison</b> has been travelling through the devastation on the coast of Japan. Yesterday, he visited Sendai.