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.
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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.
NZ team returning from Japan
New Zealand's Urban Search and Rescue team is returning from earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan tomorrow. Teams from several other countries, have also completed their rescue missions.
Japanese in NZ desperate to extend visas
Visiting Japanese citizens are worried about returning home and are seeking ways to extend their stay.
A lonely drive north along the highway to desolation
Weekend Herald reporter Michael Dickison grew up in Japan and speaks the language fluently. After last week's earthquake he returned and filed this account of his odyssey through the ravaged countryside of his other homeland...
Anxious NZ parents waiting to make contact with son
The family of a Kiwi believed to be staying at an evacuation centre in Japan are still desperately waiting for details.
Get out of Tokyo, Kiwis told
MFAT has upgraded its advice to New Zealand citizens in quake-devastated Japan, warning Kiwis to leave Tokyo and northern Honshu.
Pregnant NZer flees Japan after nuclear fears
A pregnant New Zealander living near a nuclear power plant in quake-stricken Japan has managed to flee to safety.
Father 'sick' until hearing son safe
The father of the last New Zealander who was missing in Japan until yesterday thought the chances of son Peter Setter being alive were "tipping in the wrong direction", until the wonderful news of his survival, in one of Japan's worst hit
Hockey: Black Sticks take five game series
The New Zealand women emphatically sealed the five-match series against Japan last night.
Japan tsunami: Kiwis urged to escape possible catastrophe
Japan says crisis stabilised but others say 'worse than Chernobyl'
Japan tsunami: Snow adds to difficulties for NZ rescue team
Freezing temperatures accompany hunt for survivors in devastated coastal town
Paul Thomas: Godzilla back with a nuclear vengeance
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Savage headwinds for Air New Zealand
In just four weeks, Air New Zealand's earnings outlook has turned to custard.
Consider leaving Tokyo, NZers told
The Government is urging New Zealanders to consider leaving parts of Japan badly hit by last week's destructive earthquake and tsunami, as well as moving further away from the damaged nuclear power plant on the eastern coast.
Missing Kiwi found alive and well
A Kiwi missing in Japan for whom authorities had "significant concerns" has been found alive and well, MFAT has confirmed.