New Zealand engineers are on the way to Nepal to assess earthquake damage in the capital, Kathmandu.

New Zealand engineers are on the way to Nepal to assess earthquake damage in the capital Kathmandu.

Survivors of the avalanche at Everest Base Camp have described how an NZ-based doctor helped save the lives of 25 people, despite being wounded herself.

Winston Aldworth is impressed by the strong, resilient people of Nepal.

A lack of medical facilities is heightening the crisis for people in quake-ravaged Nepal, said New Zealand aid agency MEND.

Trekkers on Base Camp, many being experienced adventure seekers, relive their experiences of Nepal's earthquake.

A New Zealander feared missing in Nepal after a large earthquake struck the nation has been found, but two more are still unaccounted for.

A rescue dog has provided a dog's-eye view of the destruction in Nepal as he helps with the rescue efforts.

Two women and one man were rescued alive in north-east Nepal yesterday, eight days after the earthquake that hit the Himalayan country.

A personalised number plate remembering Sir Edmund Hillary is being auctioned to raise money for Nepal’s rebuild after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last Saturday.

Three New Zealanders thought to have been missing in Nepal have contacted their families to let them know they're safe, as three remain unaccounted for.

Kiwi backpacker Doran Graham spent more than three hours smashing through concrete and moving debris to help rescue a man trapped under rubble in Nepal.

Three New Zealanders thought to have been missing in Nepal have contacted their families to let them know they're safe, as three still remain unaccounted for.

Jitendra Bothara, who works for Miyamoto New Zealand, jetted out last night to join a specialist team from Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief Fund,

A young Kiwi volunteering in a Nepalese children’s home when last week’s earthquake struck has harnessed the support of social media to provide food and supplies to remote villages.

New Zealanders are being warned to look out for fraudsters trying to exploit charity appeals in the wake of the Nepal earthquake.

A number of New Zealanders still unaccounted for after Saturday's destructive earthquake in Nepal.

Dozens of international health-care professionals and emergency medical aid workers crammed into a small co-ordination office in Kathmandu looking for direction on how to assist in relief efforts....

Earthquake engineers often say earthquakes don’t kill people, collapsing buildings do.

In the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake comes another deadly threat - landslides.

Incredible images have emerged of the moment a four-month old baby was rescued from the rubble of a building devastated by the Nepal earthquake.

The full scale of the devastation in Nepal is only just beginning to come to light leaving the country facing a host of challenges.

Landslides have forced people from the worst affected villages in Nepal to carry their injured out by foot in the aftermath of the devastating 7.8 earthquake.

Research in the Himalaya is beginning to shed light on the processes that lead to earthquakes, and understand the threat they pose to local people.

“The environment is obviously dangerous. The view is there’s probably another 5000 bodies in the rubble. Children are just playing in that environment."

A five-star hotel in the capital city of Nepal has been accused of only letting wealthy visitors into the grounds and refusing to help.

Lizzy Farrington had been walking up the Khumbu Glacier in Nepal, and was about 30 minutes from Everest base camp when the first earthquake struck Nepal.

This is the incredible moment a woman was pulled alive from the rubble 50 hours after she was buried alive by the earthquake in Nepal.