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![Glass made volcano ash a flight risk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Glass made volcano ash a flight risk
Air traffic controllers were 'right' to close European airspace last year over fears of the ash plume.
![Ken Ring now fears for his life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Ken Ring now fears for his life
Moon man Ken Ring has been forced into hiding after receiving death threats.
!['We are nearly drowning' - dad hears last phone calls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
'We are nearly drowning' - dad hears last phone calls
A man who lost his wife and son to the Toowoomba flash flood has had to listen to their last cries for help.
![Floods probe to hear desperate final phone call](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Floods probe to hear desperate final phone call
An inquiry will hear the distressing final phone calls of a mother and son killed in the Queensland floods.
![Strong aftershock jolts Christchurch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Strong aftershock jolts Christchurch
Power has been fully restored to about 20,000 homes and business after a 5.3 magnitude aftershock in Christchurch tonight.
![Couple's natural disaster-plagued honeymoon](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Couple's natural disaster-plagued honeymoon
Honeymoons aren't always easy for newlyweds, but six natural disasters?
![Honeymooning couple attract disasters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Honeymooning couple attract disasters
A honeymooning pair claim to have run into not one, but six natural disasters as they followed their itinerary around the globe.
![Queensland 'on road to recovery'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Queensland 'on road to recovery'
Queensland's recovery has taken giant strides forward after a summer of floods and Cyclone Yasi, teh state premier says.
![Temporary campervan rent affordable, says Brownlee](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Temporary campervan rent affordable, says Brownlee
The minimum $190 per week rent for a Government-supplied campervan in earthquake-hit Christchurch is affordable, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
![Japan dumping radioactive water into sea](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Japan dumping radioactive water into sea
Japan started dumping water tainted with low-level radiation into the sea near the Fukushima nuclear plant.
![Earthquake death toll hits 170](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Earthquake death toll hits 170
Police have named a woman who died in Christchurch's February 22 earthquake, bringing the total of number of names released to 170.
![Quake-damaged church to be demolished](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Quake-damaged church to be demolished
The congregation of St Paul's Trinity Pacific Church on Cashel St have come to accept the reality - their 135-year-old church is no more.