A pregnant New Zealander living near a nuclear power plant in quake-stricken Japan has managed to flee to safety.

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

The New Zealand women emphatically sealed the five-match series against Japan last night.

Japan says crisis stabilised but others say 'worse than Chernobyl'

In just four weeks, Air New Zealand's earnings outlook has turned to custard.

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.

A Kiwi missing in Japan for whom authorities had "significant concerns" has been found alive and well, MFAT has confirmed.

A Hawke's Bay couple are desperate for news of their missing son who they fear may have died in the Japan disaster. Peter Setter, 45, is the only New Zealander in Japan who authorities have "significant concerns" about, following news

The New Zealand and Australian dollars have tumbled against the yen as Japan's currency broke through key resistance levels to reach a record high against the greenback.

For the Japanese to wheel out their Emperor to make a televised address on the nuclear crisis is virtually unprecedented.

As Japan deals with the after-effects of its strongest earthquake on record and an even more devastating tsunami, the world’s attention is focussed on the Fukushima nuclear power plant

Equities on Wall St slid again overnight, as Japan's nuclear crisis showed no signs of abating and analysts tallied up the potential economic costs of the devastation.

Two New Zealand rescue workers in Japan have had to be decontaminated after they were found to have been exposed to radiation after landing at the Fukushima airport.

Smoke is billowing from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese media report, after the Government assured a fire that broke out at one of the plant's reactors earlier today was under control.

MFAT still has "specific concerns" about one New Zealander missing in the affected area of tsunami-ravaged Japan.

The latest fire to break out at a quake-hit Japanese nuclear power plant is under control, with the government saying the "fire and smoke is now invisible and it appears to have gone out of its own accord," following a report from the plant

A group of workers - dubbed the Fukushima 50 - are working around the clock at the crippled nuclear complex to save Japan from a national..