New Zealand
New Zealand's largest city hit by tornado
A tornado ripped across part of New Zealand's largest city on Tuesday, upturning cars and sending debris slicing through the air, witnesses and news reports said. At least one person was killed and ab
Major quake hits New Zealand, 65 dead
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday killed 65 people and trapped dozens more under flattened buildings in New Zealand's most devastating tremor in 80 years.
Pit tragedy threatens all underground mining in N.Zealand: PM
The future of New Zealand's entire underground mining industry was in doubt following a colliery disaster that claimed 29 lives, Prime Minister John Key said on Sunday.
500 family mourn at site of N.Zealand mine disaster
A fleet of white buses on Saturday ferried 500 friends and family of the 29 men killed in a New Zealand mine explosion to the remote colliery where they lie entombed.
New Zealand 'needs answers' on mine disaster: PM
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key vowed on Thrusday to find what went "terribly wrong" in a colliery explosion that killed 29 men in the nation's worst mining disaster for almost a century.
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The explosive gas known as "fire damp" that has stalled the rescue of 29 men at a New Zealand colliery is a miner's worst nightmare, a former worker at the mine said Saturday.
Gill dazzles at Whangarei
India’s Gaurav Gill was the shining knight in MRF’s armour as he came up with an impressive show at the third round of the 2010 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), here on Saturday. He topped the eighth stage of the Rally of Whangarei with a timing of 59.5 seconds and is looking as eager as ever for a podium finish on Sunday.
We are the dark horses, says Gill
With the Whangarei rally ready to roll, MRF’s Gaurav Gill on Friday was modest enough to admit that the Proton team will be in full flow at the third stage of the 2010 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) here on Saturday.
Gill all set to quell Taguchi challenge
As the stage gets set for the third round of the 2010 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) that will start here from Friday, all eyes will be on MRF’s Katsuhiko Taguchi who won the Rally Hokkaido in Japan and teammate Gaurav Gill who too has been in ominous touch. Gaurav will want to better his show here after finishing third in the previous round.
Indian in NZ accused of murder
A 23-year-old Indian man, who has been accused for the murder of a 32-year-old woman, has been remanded to reappear in the Tauranga district court on June 10.
