Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says aid will be delivered through Red Cross.

Some Tasman residents remain cut off as the country cleans up after ex-cyclone Gita.

The entire population of two islands took shelter in evacuation centres.

The man who wanted to be Prime Minister on his year in war-ravaged South Sudan.

Nutrition doctor reveals golden rules of diet he wished he'd been taught long ago.

NZ Government offers up to $3m to help Papua New Guinea with cost of asylum seekers.

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EDITORIAL: Asia faces its most acute humanitarian crisis since Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.

Vietnam veterans waited decades for an apology over how they were treated.

Quick thinking and a defibrillator helped Pak'n Save staff save a customer's life.

Christchurch quake kids are more resistant to other pressures in life, a study finds.

Edgecumbe residents are returning to their flood-ravaged homes today.

Flooding, evacuations and complete chaos - tropical storm Debbie brought it all to NZ.

When 8-year-old JT saw his dad trapped and crushed beneath a 1,400kg car, he leaped to action. What happened next is being called a miracle.

Just weeks after becoming a nanny to 2-year-old Talia, Kiersten Miles put herself on the line to save the little girl's life.

Tens of thousands of people from east Aleppo as well as two Shi'ite villages in Syria's Idlib province have been evacuated.

New Zealand is increasing aid to those affected by six years of bloody civil war in Syria.

People whose houses were damaged in last month's earthquake can apply for a $1000 Red Cross grant.

Calls to mental health helplines have spiked since the Kaikoura Earthquake.

Tears trickle down the faces of Kaikoura quake victims as they realise how long the road to recovery stretches before them.

Rural residents are frustrated at being forgotten almost a week after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake shattered Kaikoura.

Hundreds of home checks have been carried out in the worst-hit areas by Red Cross personnel since Monday's 7.8 quake.

Red Cross member Kath Cosgrove said Kaikpura locals are starting to break under the stress following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

More homes have been evacuated in Kaikoura after a potential landslide risk was detected.

Financial aid is pouring in for earthquake victims with more than $50,000 already raised in the Red Cross appeal.

English tourist had just turned in for the night when the earthquake struck. Now the terrified visitor is desperate to get home.

JS141116NADQUAKE115.JPG A planned surf lesson for a group of international students at Sandy Bay went ahead yesterday after instructors

It is a case that has captivated the world for more than two decades. A top cop believes he finally knows what happened to missing toddler Ben Needham.

The death of a 1-year-old Nigerian baby had many authors - Boko Haram's viciousness, his own government's negligence, and starvation's relentlessness.

Relatives of Marie Colvin, a Sunday Times journalist, have filed a lawsuit claiming that Syrian government officials killed her.