COMMENT: The Sesame Street Muppets have arrived in Fiji in hope to put a smile on the faces of children who were affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston.

Red Cross is launching an appeal to help those affected by the weekend's floods - a disaster the organisation has labelled the worst to strike New Zealand since the Canterbury earthquakes.

A Red Cross leader labelled Polyfest 'cold and mean-spirited' after it initially refused to let the charity collect at the event for Pacific victims of Cyclone Pam.

A New Zealand nurse who spent time working in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone says an end to the outbreak is in sight.

An Ebola death rate of 70 per cent did not stop two Kiwi nurses from answering the call for help.

Today, Trevor Strong marks off another accomplishment in a long and remarkable life; tackling it in the same steely, unruffled style he has approached all of his missions.

People should be sceptical of Moscow’s huge aid convoy to eastern Ukraine, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.

The Red Cross got no money from the high-profile publisher of a book promoted as a fundraiser for the Christchurch earthquake appeal.

Westpac Stadium has received the all-clear to host Saturday's Bledisloe Cup rugby clash in Wellington.

The Red Cross has wound down its operations in Seddon after Friday's earthquake damaged homes, leaving some uninhabitable.

A Gisborne grandmother awarded the highest international honour for nurses says she relishes her work in the world's war and disaster zones - but it does worry her mum.

A New Zealand nurse has been awarded the highest international honour for nurses, the Florence Nightingale Medal.

Peter Calder on the documentary of Rob Hamill's solemn journey to Cambodia where his brother was killed by the Khmer Rouge.