When the Fire Service called John Weatherley and told him there was a problem at home he thought his house must have burned down.

New Zealand is ready to offer assistance to Indonesia after a large earthquake killed at least 46 people and injured hundreds more.

A New Zealand man caught up in yesterday's powerful earthquake in Indonesia tells of his experience.

Victorians will be warned for the first time that they risk their lives by staying to defend their homes in a bushfire.