Anne Bolland wept yesterday as swirling brown floodwaters advanced on her home in the low-lying Brisbane suburb of Milton…
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Floodwaters take heartbreaking toll
Quake sets new direction
Christchurch's Cindy Gibb made a deal with her husband - one day she'd be able to travel the world to places where nursing…
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Photos: Queensland floods
Thousands of homes are underwater in Queensland and New South Wales as ex-tropical cyclone Oswald beats a devastating path…
QLD floods: 'Emotional pummelling'
Queensland is gripped in another extraordinary flood crisis, as cities and towns across the state go under.
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Syrian activists say at least 65 bodies, some of them…
Mini-tornadoes hit Queensland
As cooler weather eased firefighting in Victoria and the nation celebrated Australia Day yesterday, a new disaster was declared…
Queensland soaked while Victoria burns
While firefighters yesterday continued to battle huge blazes in Victoria, floods swept through Queensland, shutting down…
Island inferno forces evacuations
Firefighters were "planning for the worst" last night as a huge scrub fire burned across Great Barrier Island, forcing the…
White Island eruption warning issued
Hydrothermal activity at White Island has increased and experts say there is "significant concern" the volcano could erupt…
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Facing the 'grip of drought'
Updated Hot, dry weather has many Bay of Plenty dairy farmers struggling to make ends meet as Tauranga stares…
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WeatherWatch: Some rain in the forecast
We track the first large rain band in three weeks as it heads towards western and hopefully northern New Zealand next week…
Kiwi trapped by floods
A Northland man who had been repairing Queensland roads damaged in floods in 2010 and 2011 has been stranded in Bundaberg…
Heatwave: Scientist tips a scorcher
Temperatures on the east coast of New Zealand could reach 40 degrees today and tomorrow, according to a climate scientist…
Aussie floods: 'A dangerous situation'
Thousands of Australians huddled in shelters today as torrential rains flooded cities and towns, killing…
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Weather: High & dry - for now
Australia gets soaked and NZ continues to dry out this week - however as January draws to a close some rain clouds are appearing…
Forecast: Sunny days all week
There is no relief in sight from the long, dry summer that has made the country tinder-dry.
Evacuations, deaths in flood alert
The death of a boy hit by a falling tree has taken Queensland's flood toll to four, as the Australian city of Bundaberg…
Queensland towns pummelled again
At least four people are feared dead in Queensland's unfolding flood crisis, which will leave the state with another massive…
Al Gore rhythms out of step with facts of change
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Al Gore is a sellout and a hypocrite - my days of trusting him are over.
Earthquakes
German firm gets rebuilding contracts
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The entrance of a European building products giant into the Christchurch rebuild market will increase…
Christchurch earthquake
Expert earthquake engineers will be trained in Christchurch…
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