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How do Earthquakes occur in New Zealand?
Kelvin Berryman explains how the tectonic plate boundary creates faults and earthquakes in New Zealand. Video / GNS
NZers descend on Tuvalu for aid exercise
A double-pronged aid effort is getting up a head of steam in Tuvalu this week, as more than 300 New Zealand Defence Force staff descend on the tiny nation north of Fiji and nearly 4000km from New Zealand.
Fiji tsunami prophecy 'fake', court hears
The accused is alleged to have sent emails to tourist operators warning of an imminent tsunami.
Osaka earthquake shakes vans
A strong earthquake shakes vans back and forth in Osaka, Western Japan. Source - @NewsKali
Mudslide sweeps through Canadian town
A mudslide has destroyed about a dozen buildings in the fruit-growing region of southern British Columbia.
$3.2m clean-up bill for Whakatane floods
Whakatane District Council has an estimated $3.2 million clean-up bill following last week's flood that left more than 110 houses uninhabitable.
Huge storm ravages NSW town
The NSW town of Lennox Head will appeal to the state government to declare the area a natural disaster.