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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
The headlines proclaiming Apocalypse Now almost demand comparisons with August 1945.
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.
Missing Kiwi's family still hopeful
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
NZ, Aust dollars tumble vs yen as currency hits record high
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.
The Last Emperor?
For the Japanese to wheel out their Emperor to make a televised address on the nuclear crisis is virtually unprecedented.
How to shut down a nuclear reactor
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
Stocks sink further overnight on world markets
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 NZers exposed to radiation in Japan
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 rising from stricken plant
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.
1800 NZers safe in Japan
MFAT still has "specific concerns" about one New Zealander missing in the affected area of tsunami-ravaged Japan.
Fire at nuclear plant now 'invisible'
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
Heroes of Fukushima - 50 remain at Daiichi
A group of workers - dubbed the Fukushima 50 - are working around the clock at the crippled nuclear complex to save Japan from a national..