New Zealand small and medium-sized firms are highly unprepared for a future crisis similar to the Christchurch earthquakes, a study has found.

Wild weather continues to batter Fiji's main island of Viti Levu as two people are confirmed dead.

Japan is letting up to 16,000 people back into their homes around its leaking nuclear power plant.

A year on, Michael Dickison finds a Government keen to improve its world image while its citizens struggle on.

Incredible photos of the areas devastated by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and how those areas look one year on.