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Further injury woes rock New Zealand

New Zealand have suffered a further injury blow before their must-win Champions Trophy cricket match against England with fast bowler Daryl Tuffey ruled out.

New Zealand batsmen punish Sri Lanka

New Zealand started and finished their 50-over innings superbly to make 315-7 against Sri Lanka at sun-baked Wanderers on Sunday in a crucial ICC Champions Trophy match.

The day the ground jumped up and down

Nestled in densely forested hills, with spectacular volcanoes in the distance and pitched on a coast a short boat ride from spectacular tropical islands and surf breaks, Padang is the stuff of...

Picking up the pieces

The idea that a wave could hurt is almost an affront in Australia. For world consumption we may play the Outback is Us, but most of us live clinging to the coast and for more than a century the beach...

Thousands missing in quake zone

Padang

Tom Allard, Jonathan Pearlman, and Malcolm Brown PADANG: Rescue teams are clawing through rubble in a desperate search for thousands of people missing - including as many as 60 Australians - after two devastating earthquakes in Sumatra left at...

Bodies washed from graves by tsunami

Malcolm Brown LALOMANU, SAMOA: The bodies keep turning up. Four more were found at Lalomanu, the worst-hit area of the coast yesterday morning, and in the afternoon two more were recovered.

Paradise - then the waves came

APIA: Malcolm Laurence, a New Zealand traveller, met Claire Rowlands from Smeaton and Vivien Hodgins from Ballarat just hours after stepping off the plane for his tropical island break in Samoa.

On a windy night, dark thoughts arise from the sound and fury of the sea

Lissa Christopher IF THE morning had proceeded as usual when the first tsunami hit south-eastern Samoa on Tuesday, the children of Saleapaga would have been on their way to school, dressed neatly in blue and white...

S.Africa defeat New Zealand in Champions Trophy

South Africa defeated New Zealand by five wickets Thursday in a 2009 ICC Champions Trophy Group B match at SuperSport Park.

Aussie dust storm settles on New Zealand

Particles from the dust storm that engulfed parts of eastern Australia have been detected 2,150 kilometres away over the Tasman, raining down on New Zealand.

New Zealand in shock after bodies found under house

Tisha Lowry

TIM HUME CHRISTCHURCH THE bodies of two women have been found buried under a house in the suburbs of Christchurch.

New Zealand to host six cricket Tests

New Zealand will host a record six Tests in the coming summer during tours by Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia, officials said Monday.

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 97 runs

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 97 runs in their tri series-opening one-day cricket match at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka turn the screws on New Zealand

Kuldip Lal Skipper Kumar Sangakkara hit a second successive half-century as Sri Lanka seized control of the final cricket Test against New Zealand here on Friday.

New Zealand referendum backs smacking of children

A New Zealand national referendum has overwhelmingly called for a law change to give parents the right to smack their children, provisional figures showed Friday.

Three quakes hit New Zealand's Fiordland

An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude centred in New Zealand's Fiordland region has been widely felt in the lower South Island, following two earlier quakes.

Australia, New Zealand pledge support after Tongan ferry disaster

Australia and New Zealand will send medical and military support to Tonga in the wake of the ferry disaster which may have claimed more than 60 lives.

Muralitharan back for New Zealand Tests

Muttiah Muralitharan will reinforce Sri Lanka for next week's first Test against New Zealand after missing the Pakistan series due to injury.

Stormy weather hits New Zealand's north

Severe weather in New Zealand's far north has killed a teenage girl, caused flooding, lifted roofs off houses and brought down trees and power lines.

Mauled by eight dogs: New Zealand woman seriously injured

A New Zealand woman has suffered serious injuries from multiple bite wounds after eight pig hunting dogs attacked her as she jogged past a rural property on North Island, police say.