The overall upshot of the New Zealand-Taiwan efforts is to solidify a growing global consensus that stiffer buildings that "drift" less perform better in quakes - opposite to the way New Zealand has ...

It forecasts a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms - capable of producing marble sized hail and flooding rainfall. Meteorologist Michael Pawley, says there could be hourly rain fall of 44 ...

Second-hand fashionistas will likely know the iconic pink building in the heart of Christchurch, which is home to the vintage ...

GeoNet says the quake had a depth of 24 kilometres, striking shortly after 9pm.

The 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook Wellington on Thursday night - but no-one at St James Theatre blinked.

An earthquake struck Wellington on Thursday evening. GeoNet said the moderate 4.9 magnitude quake struck at 9.09pm and was ...

Venus Williams has been awarded a wildcard for the Auckland Classic in January. The 45-year-old, who has won seven Grand Slam ...

Auckland: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday said India consistently protects the interests of vulnerable ...

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least ...

Earthquakes don’t occur everywhere. They occur along the boundaries of the earth’s tectonic plates, along either known active faults or dormant faults. The East Coast is crisscrossed with ancient ...

By Jane Nixon, Franklin Times ACT Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour told east Auckland business leaders ...

A. 2.2-magnitude earthquake shook just north of Wayne County, in Lake Ontario, on Wednesday night. The earthquake hit around 11:19 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 and 12 miles north of Pultneyville, ...