<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Nuclear power likely casualty in tide of change
Tsunami has swamped one energy trend but the sea is ushering in another.
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Japan disaster: Carmakers may lose up to 600,000 vehicles
Global supplies of cars, parts and even paint could start running out in weeks
Liam Dann: Britain opts to take its medicine now
British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Chancellor, George Osborne, this week delivered a Budget that was unambiguous in backing business to lead the nation out of the economic doldrums.
Japan on the road again
What a difference a week makes. After the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, clean-up workers are already making a difference. The feat of engineering and efficiency could be an inspiration for Cantabrians.
Workers exposed to radiation, injured at nuclear plant
Two workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered injuries when their feet came in contact with radioactive elements while laying electrical cables in one unit, said Fumio Matsuda, a spokesman for the Nuclear and Industr
Iodine tablets being stockpiled in NZ embassy in Tokyo
New Zealand officials are organising for iodine tables to be stockpiled at the nation's embassy in Tokyo.
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
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.
<i>Michael Dickison:</i> Nuclear fears dim Tokyo's glow but not its spirits
Herald reporter Michael Dickison, who is fluent in Japanese, reports from a remarkably changed Tokyo.
<i>Michael Dickison:</i> Evacuees taking life a day at a time
Herald reporter Michael Dickison has been travelling through the devastation on the coast of Japan. Yesterday, he visited Sendai.
Mirko Bagaric: Suicide mission exposes human rights nonsense
Workers at the damaged nuclear plant in Japan are doing whatever is necessary to save the greater population.
Catastrophe in Japan means construction boom
Japan's magnitude-9 quake and tsunami damaged about 1500 roads, 48 bridges and 15 railways.
Ooh for umami (+recipes)
Add a fifth taste to sweet, sour, salty and bitter and you're in for a sensory treat.
NZ to give $1m to Red Cross in Japan
Cabinet agreed today to give $1m to support the Red Cross effort in Japan, Prime Minister John Key announced this afternoon, and also confirmed four NZers were still in Libya.
Japan disaster: Plant workers 'resigned to death'
Workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said they were "resigned to death" when the 9-magnitude quake struck on March 11.
<i>Peter Bromhead</i>: Nuclear reactions
My anti-nuclear friends are having a field day debunking my myopic view that a modest nuclear power plant would sensibly take care of New Zealand's energy needs for the next 100 years.
Japan: Woman, 80, boy rescued after nine days
An 80-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy have been rescued from a badly damaged house in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, nine days after the magnitude 9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami ravaged the area, the Japan Times reports.
Japan disaster: Barrage of threats adds to confusion in disaster region
Herald reporter Michael Dickison grew up in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese. He returned last week to report on the ravaged countryside of his other homeland
Kiwi team exhausted after week in Japan
Kiwi rescue team members return to NZ today after a week searching for bodies in rubble and icy blizzards in Japan.