The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu has declared a state of emergency due to severe water shortages, prompting New Zealand to airlift in fresh supplies, officials in Wellington said Monday.

New Zealand

A New Zealand man who allegedly fled the country after a bank mistakenly deposited millions of dollars into his account has been arrested in Hong Kong, police said on Friday.

The 30-year-old man is a

A deep 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck beneath the Pacific in the Fiji region early Friday, US geologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage.

The qu

Scientists tracking Happy Feet, the wayward penguin who became a worldwide celebrity after washing up on a New Zealand beach, said on Monday they had lost contact with the giant bird.

Researchers sai

Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding feels Test cricket will become 'insignificant' in five years time and cited the ever-gaining popularity of the Twenty20 format for the bleak future of th

Teachers at a New Zealand school received a macabre surprise when they realised a supposedly plastic skeleton to be used in anatomy lessons was actually a real set of human bones, a report said on Thu

One of the earliest films made by British master director Alfred Hitchcock has been found in New Zealand, researchers said on Wednesday.

New Zealand intelligence services were investigating whether an Israeli victim of the Christchurch earthquake was a Mossad spy after five passports were found on his body, reports said Wednesday.

The

A tsunami warning was issued for New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and Tonga on Thursday after a powerful 7.8-magnitude undersea earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

The quake struck

A tsunami began travelling across the Pacific on Thursday towards New Zealand and Tonga after a powerful 7.7-magnitude undersea earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Tsunami waves were