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New Zealand earthquake: Massive 6.3 magnitude aftershock hits hours after a 7.8 earthquake

UPDATED A major 6.3 magnitude aftershock has rocked New Zealand in almost the same location a massive 7.8 earthquake struck hours earlier. The aftershock hit after 1.30pm local time and was centred in Cheviot, some 100 kilometres north of Christchurch, on the South Island. Some 14 hours earlier the country was shaken by the severe earthquake, which killed two people and triggered a tsunami up to five metres high. Incredibly, a 100-year-old woman buried within the rubble of the homestead was pulled out alive after rescue workers spent hours searching for her, her son and her daughter-in-law.

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Australian men are outspending women when it comes to beauty products, shoes and clothes. New research has revealed that men spend an average of $493 each month to look good.

The newest scourge in offices is 'manterrupting', the term for when men frequently interrupt women in the workplace. Now Australian entrepreneur Shivani Gopal has revealed her tips to stop it

Brides-to-be have revealed the most insulting things said to them while they tried on wedding gowns, revealing sales assistants and mother-in-laws took aim at their weight and body type.

Karl Stefanovic's wife Cassandra Thorburn 'devastated' over texts to other woman

Their 21-year marriage ended months ago, with reports he moved out of their family home. And now scathing claims have emerged about Karl Stefanovic's relationship with a 27-year-old brunette, and the phone records that were discovered by his estranged wife Cassandra Thorburn.

How eerie Facebook post predicted New Zealand 'supermoon earthquake' SEVEN DAYS before tragedy - as terrified residents film mystery blue lights in the sky during massive tremors

Nigel Antony Gray made a Facebook post a week before the New Zealand earthquake warning the 'supermoon' meant its gravitational pull would be higher, making a major quake 'quite possible'. The 7.5 magnitude quake struck near Christchurch on the evening of November 13, within the window he predicted a day before Monday night's 'supermoon'. During the earthquake, terrified residents saw bright flashing blue lights in the sky (right), likely the rare 'earthquake light' phenomenon where rocks rub together as the Earth's crust shakes, creating an electric charge.

NEW The biggest supermoon in living memory is set to rise on Monday evening and NASA have dished out some tips for keen photographers but cloud cover could hamper the view for Sydneysiders.

CCTV footage has captured the moment an earthquake in New Zealand sent hundreds of bottles of red wine smashing on the floor of a supermarket in Nelson, on the country's South Island.

New Zealand's South Island hit with magnitude 7.4 earthquake

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake centred north of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island struck just after midnight on Sunday, triggering a two-metre high tsunami. The NZ government's GeoNet website said the earthquake, which was 15km deep, was severe and felt throughout the country. A tsunami has been generated in response to the earthquake and the first wave arrived on the eastern coast of the South Island just before 2am on Monday local time, according to the NZ Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management. The largest waves, between three to five metres, are expected between Marlborough Peninsula near Wellington and Banks Peninsula.

Frightened New Zealanders (pictured) have gone into survival mode, stocking up their shelves and fridges after an enormous 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck overnight.

Josh Goudswaard, 32, was expected to return home to Perth, Western Australia on November 6 after telling his colleagues he was travelling to Bali with a woman who he met on dating app Tinder.

Today host Lisa Wilkinson has not aged a day in over a decade

She's been a popular fixture on breakfast TV for over a decade. And Lisa Wilkinson appears to have shown no physical signs of ageing in photos taken over the years. Despite her gruelling work hours, the Today show host still displays a youthful glow as she approaches her 57th birthday.

A major study led by experts at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital found even these people at high risk are still in control of their fate.

Donald Trump says he will 'immediately' deport two to three million illegal immigrants

President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to deport two to three million undocumented immigrants with criminal records from the country immediately - and has insisted that will build his wall. In an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes that airs on Sunday evening - his first since winning the election - Trump insisted that he will build the wall along the US-Mexico border that was a vital part of his presidential campaign. Trump kicked off his presidential campaign by outlining his uncompromising stance on immigration.

NEW The head of a prominent US anti-immigration think tank has warned the deal to resettle refugees from Manus Island and Nauru could be scrapped by president-elect Donald Trump on day one.

Waleed Aly describes the mood in New York after Donald Trump's victory 

Waleed Aly (left) has described how the aftermath in New York of Donald Trump's victory in the American presidential election in was compared to the mood in the city following the 9/11 terror attacks. A journalist told The Project host: 'It kind of felt like the day after 9/11 because everyone was walking around not really believing what had just happened.' Aly was also told how people were struggled to come to terms with Trump's success. Right, people are pictured protesting in the city.

The Washington Post-ABC News survey was conducted in the immediate wake of Trump's win as protests erupted in several cities, including New York, across the country.

A school teacher from Florida has been suspended after claims he made a racist remark to a group of African-American students.The teacher is from Wesley Chapel High School.

Asra Nomani, 51, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, who is a Muslim immigrant, has spoken out about why she decided to vote for Donald Trump. Nomani said she has been threatened for her opinion.

First glimpse of biggest supermoon in living memory ahead of full spectacle on Monday

The satellite is orbiting as close to Earth as it has done for almost 70 years tonight, but Monday is expected to be the best evening for capturing a rare close-up of the moon. Although the countryside is the best place to see the night's sky in all its glory, some stunning scenes have also been captured over London landmarks such as Canary Wharf and the Eye (main image). Other photographers took the opportunity to clamber up rural landscapes like Beacon Hill near Loughborough and Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire (top right) to catch a glimpse of the phenomenon. And it was not just Brits who were getting in on the act, with the supermoon also snapped above Russia and Israel.

People will be treated to the once-in-a-lifetime sight on the 14th of the month, when the full moon will appear 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than normal.

NEW A mother-of-two has sparked an online debate after she admitted she didn't miss her 11-day-old son on her first outing without him. She left her son at home with her husband.

Sir David Attenborough used Snow Leopards 'to make viewers suffer' in Planet Earth II

Like last week's opening show, Planet Earth II left Sir David Attenborough looking not so much the saint we'd always thought he was but a heartless sadist. Not a TV God or English gent, but well a total bastard intent on making us all suffer. Certainly so far it has been torture with the great man preying on viewers' nerves as ruthlessly as the predators he was showing us. Episode one of the follow-up to his 2006 series had been the stuff of nightmares. Attenborough had celebrated its return by horrifying the entire nation with the revelation - and the illustration - of one species of snakes hunted in packs. The sight of aptly named Racer Snakes pursuing hatchling lizards like low-flying fighter jets (very low) was a nerve-shredding, surreal, scene we'd imagined could only happen in a Hollywood blockbuster (Iguana Jones & The Temple Of Doom). Not satiated Attenborough had added heart-breaking, frankly gratuitous, footage of a female tern trying to hatch her single (shattered) egg and paternal penguins battling to feed their chicks (and being bloodily dashed against the rocks). Life was tough. For us that is, never mind the penguins.

Former anorexic posts raw comparison of herself to urge women to accept themselves

Recovered anorexic, Megan Jayne Crabbe (pictured), from Essex, has drawn praise on Instagram, thanks to an affirming message encouraging other women to love their bodies, whatever size or shape they are. The 23-year-old uploaded a raw comparison shot (left and right), explaining why she feels more 'beautiful' in the second, candid photo than she does in the first 'unnatural' pose.

New research has backed up what we already know to be true - that there is a big discrepancy between our real age and the age we feel: what scientists term our 'subjective age'.

Chaotic scenes have erupted at the troubled Parkville Youth Justice Centre in Melbourne on Monday, with police trying to subdue up to 20 teenage inmates for a second night in a row.

Gable Tostee labelled a 'despicable malignant narcissist' after interview about Warriena

Gable Tostee (left) has been slammed and abused on social media (example inset) after participating in a paid, tell-all interview about the night Warriena Wright (right) fell from his Gold Coast apartment to her death. He was labelled a 'f***king dog', a 'despicable, malignant narcissist' and a 'walking timebomb' after the interview. He had attempted to explain why he recorded audio of his Tinder date in 2014 and gave his side of events.

Gable Tostee, 30, has attempted to explain why he recorded audio of his Tinder date and told his version of the night Warriena Wright plunger to her death from his Gold Coast balcony.

Landlord users of Reddit have taken to the online forum to share their stories of tenants from hell, and the experiences are equal parts surprising, disgusting and bizarre.

Kerri Anne Kennerley 'wants her old life back' after husband was left paralysed   

Kerri Anne Kennerley's husband John broke his neck in a freak accident earlier this year. And the popular TV personality has revealed she is struggling to come to terms with his devastating injury. 'I hate this new life to be quite frank. I just hate it. It's awful,' the 63-year-old confessed. 'I think right now, the most difficult thing... is not being able to talk to him,' she added. John, 76, slipped while at a social gathering in Coffs Harbour on the New South Wales north coast. He says Kerri Anne has stood by his side throughout his recovery. 'She's been with me every day.' he said. Doctors have revealed John is lucky to be alive.

Adele has sparked speculation she'll be touring Australia for the first time next year after a cryptic TV ad appeared during both The X Factor and The Block on Sunday night, sparking a fan frenzy

Cricket journalists left outraged after being told they're dressed 'indecently' at the

Female sports journalists have been left outraged after a group were told by officials at a cricket ground their outfits were 'indecent'. Melinda Farrell (left) and Firdose Moonda (right), who both write for ESPN Cricinfo, and another woman were told off by ground staff during the current cricket test between Australia and South Africa at the WACA ground in Perth last week. The journalists' outfits did not meet the strict dress code where ladies shirt or dress straps must span five centimetres, and shorts or skirts should fall 8.5 centimetres below the knee.

In a study conducted by the University of Exeter, the purple vegetable was found to boost sprint times over 20 metres by 2 per cent - enough to give people an advantage in sports events.

How low can you go? Moment English rugby league captain Sam Burgess punches Aussie David Klemmer in the face while his brother George hold his arms

A feisty end to Australia's victory over England in their Four Nations clash at The London Stadium saw Sam Burgess land a right jab on the left eyebrow of Kangaroos prop David Klemmer (left). The punch split the Australian enforcer who required treatment (inset) but was not seen by referee Robert Hicks as send off worthy. The Kangaroos were always in control of the match running out winners 36-18, but scored five of their six tries in the second half after a tightly contested first half that saw them head into the break leading 10-6.

Researchers at the University of Delaware placed reflective markers on 22 volunteers, put them on treadmills with their phones and monitored them with motion cameras.

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Police say deaths of Shelsea Schilling and Bronson Ellery appear to be a 'double homicide'

Police are now treating the deaths of Shelsea Schilling and former Bandidos gang member Bronson Ellery on the Gold Coast as suspicious after early stages of the investigation suggest a double homicide, not a murder-suicide. Schilling, 20, was found dead in the northern Gold Coast suburb of Southport on Friday, alongside Ellery, also known as 'Lizard Man'. A post mortem is expected to be carried out on both bodies on Monday.

In a study reported recently in PLOS ONE, a pair of researchers at Nagoya University in Japan obtained strong support for the idea that humans are particularly good at spotting snakes.

Moana Bikini owner Katrina Irby speaks about Gold Coast swimwear business

At 27 years of age, Karina Irby (pictured) owns a global bikini business empire that rakes in millions of dollars and is just days away from a 50,000-piece summer launch. But just six years ago the introverted Gold Coast entrepreneur was fired from a casual retail job at a local surf shop and asked her single father for an $800 loan. Using her self-taught skills in coding, the driven blonde took a leap of faith and created a website for her brand new designer swimwear business 'Moana Bikinis' - which has since become a household name for women across Australia.

Residents of Groote Eylandt, a remote island in the Northern Territory, are slowly dying from a rare disease which causes initial muscle weakness and turns into a permanent physical disability.

NSW mother Amy Dawes speaks out about her forceps delivery

Amy Dawes was a personal trainer before becoming a mother in 2013. However, her ability to exercise was diminished after a forceps delivery left her unable to lift or run after her baby daughter Eliya. She is upset at not being warned about the dangers of this childbirth method.

A key witness to the kidnapping and murder of a former Sydney Hells Angel bikie in Thailand has mysteriously disappeared and police now fear he has been murdered or paid off.

The secret diaries of a Cold War spy have emerged for the first time, and contain allegations that a clandestine figure working for Cuba was behind the 1963 plot.

Cheltenham Guardians slam friends of a drunken woman Emily left abandoned in the street

A harrowing open letter (inset) was published by the Cheltenham Guardians after they spent two hours caring for a vulnerable young woman named 'Emily' (pictured main) who was left by her friends during a night out on Friday. The group looked after the heavily intoxicated Emily while they attempted to track down her friends who thought it 'was funny' she was unable to look after herself. During the course of the night Emily was cared for by four different groups of volunteers and emergency service staff. Eventually she had to be taken away in an ambulance, costing the NHS £300.

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Airport staircase slams into Qantas plane as 'mini tornado' batters Queensland bringing the strongest winds in 30 years

Cyclone-strength gusts of 160km/h hit Brisbane Airport yesterday leaving three planes damaged after they were hit with portable stairs and a water tank as storms caused havoc across Queensland. More than 30,000 blackouts were recorded as power lines were downed, while meteorologists observed 70,000 lightning strikes in just a few hours. To the north of Brisbane, tennis-ball sized hail damaged cars and broke windows while roofs were ripped off homes ad businesses.

The mummy in a brightly coloured wooden sarcophagus, in a tomb dating from between 1075-664 BC, was found on the west bank of the Nile river 435 miles south of Cairo.

Labor MP Anne Aly was caught calling Liberal politician Andrew Laming a 'knob' when she didn't realise she was still live on air after a fierce TV debate about immigration between them.

A Perth father jailed for sexually assaulting and pimping out his daughter when she was between 11 and 13-years-old is appealing his sentence using taxpayer funded Legal Aid.

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Young entrepreneur Mia Plecic turned $1000 into $2 million with her first business 

Geelong entrepreneur Mia Plecic (left), 24, turned her teeth whitening business and $1,000 in savings into a multi-million company last year, but lost it all just six months later. Ms Plecic, who was preparing to buy a new home and car with her successes, said she lost leadership of her business after listening to ill-advice. Refusing to let her failed business venture get her down or take a 'regular' job, Ms Plecic recently launched two more businesses - Bondi Smile (pictured bottom right with Bondi Smile model Kiki Morris), a similar teeth whitening company as her prior company, and Downtown Pressed Juice Co (top right).

Just last week, 'hygge' made it into the Collins Dictionary, proving that its cultural domination is complete. But I simply can't get on board with this smug Scandi obsession, writes EMMA ROWLEY.

An alternative medicine, craniosacral therapy is thought to relieve pain and tension by gentle manipulation of the skull to realign the natural rhythm in the central nervous system.

New details about woman chained up on serial killer's property

Todd Kohlhepp (inset center) was charged with kidnapping after investigators found 30-year-old Kala Brown (inset left) - who had been missing for two months - chained up 'like a dog' inside a storage container (main) on his property in rural Woodruff. In an '48 Hours' special that aired on CBS on Saturday, it was revealed that Brown was kept in a cage inside the container, bound by her neck and feet - and fed just once a day. The container was dark most of the time, but Kohlhepp would let her out occasionally to walk around. Brown told her family that Kohlhepp once dragged her to graves on his property and threatened that she would end up in one of them if she tried to escape.

More than 40 musicians, actors, sportsmen and other personalities appear in this new version of the famous sleeve of the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band record, released in 1967.

Australia is in talks with Nauru about handing 20-year visa deals to refugees and asylum seekers who reject resettlement deals or refuse to return to their country.

Young men from private schools in Adelaide are calling out the elite all-girls school, Wilderness, for double standards after staff let them create a 'wall of boys' that ended up online.

Super strength drugs have been behind a string of deaths in 2016, but emergency clinician Dr David Caldicott (pictured) says he is preparing for one of Australia's most deadly summers of drugs.

What a genius idea! How to use a spoon to peel the skin off a mango

Brisbane man Gene Downs uses a spoon to peel the skin off a mango. After piercing the skin around the fruit with a knife (left), he runs the spoon around the cheek (centre), popping off the skin (right).

Donatella Versace, 61, who is one of the world's most lauded female style icons, added: 'They are thinking of themselves. But themselves and the woman are not the same.'

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Thunderstorms sweep south-east Queensland as golf ball sized hail batters homes

Large hail battered parts of south-east Queensland and cyclone force winds battered the Brisbane area on Sunday as thunderstorms swept the state for the second day in a row. Ominous clouds loomed over Brisbane with damaging winds reaching the speeds of a Category 2 cyclone. 160 kilometres per hour winds were reported near Brisbane Airport, where flights were delayed and stationary planes were struck by debris. The Port of Brisbane felt the full force of the wind with more than 100 shipping containers blown around.

Claims made by a witness Daniel Holden suggest the mother of murdered Mildura toddler Nikki Francis-Coslovich wasn't at his home when her daughter was killed like she said.

Fitness trackers will be, without doubt, at the top of many Christmas lists. But studies have found they make little difference to weight loss, and doubts have been cast over what these devices claim to do.

'Please memorise the words': New Zealanders outraged after Australian singer butchers their national anthem during A-league clash

Outraged New Zealanders have taken to social media after an Australian singer 'butchered' their national anthem during an A-league clash between Wellington Phoenix and Central Coast Mariners at GIO Stadium in Canberra on Saturday night. Supporters were quick to criticise local performer Toni Maxfield for her rendition of 'God Defend New Zealand' after she appeared to forget the lyrics mid-performance.

The footage shows the vessels being destroyed in the Niger Delta as part of an effort to stop illegal oil refining. Two other barges were destroyed in Rivers State, southern Nigeria, on Thursday.

Murdered toddler Nikki Francis-Coslovich was living in an unsafe home in Victoria with claims child protection workers knew about the vulnerable situation.

Scientists fear beads used in cosmetic products are flushed down plugholes and eaten by fish. The contaminated marine life is then consumed by humans with potentially dangerous effects.

The footage shows Buzz leaping up and down in the air every time the John Lewis dog is seen doing so. The adorable video was posted on Facebook by his UK-based owner Victoria Mon.

Is THIS why there's always more yellow Skittles in a bag? Footage from inside a factory reveals why the citrus flavoured sweet may be the most popular

One man, who carried out an investigation to figure out why the citrus flavoured sweet seemed to be in more ample supply, believes he has the answer. An Imgur user took to the social site to share a snap of the contents of a party size bag of Skittles - and as the image attests, inset, there's clearly more of the yellow hue than any other. In response to the user's image, a video from inside the Skittles factory has been shared - and it may hold the reason behind the colour inequality. The video from inside the factory shows the red, yellow, green, purple and orange sweets on a conveyor belt before being sorted into separate tubs based on their colour - but if you look closely, you'll see rogue yellow sweets in the pouches, left and right.

The story of a notorious Sydney gang's internal war has played out before a court as details of conflict between two chapters of the Brothers 4 Life gang were revealed. Pictured is leader Farhad Quami.

Teenage pregnancies in Australia are at an all time low with less than three per cent of all births in the country attributed to mothers aged 19 years and under (stock image pictured).

Chilling moment a 'waitress kidnaps her customer's 10-month-old baby from a restaurant'

CCTV footage shows a woman walking out of the restaurant carrying the 10-month-old boy in the city of Shiyan, central China. The baby's mother had reportedly left him with the restaurant worker after she offered to look after him briefly. However, the boy's mother returned several minutes later to find her son and the woman had disappeared. Police managed to trace the woman and child within two hours using surveillance footage.

Pope Francis walks with the pastoral staff as he arrives to celebrate a mass on the occasion of the homeless jubilee in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis today invited homeless people into the Vatican for a special Mass for the Holy Year of Mercy, which is due to end on November 20. The pontiff called on people to be more accepting of migrants.

An altercation at a playground between two teenagers has seen a 19-year-old man allegedly stabbed in the neck with a bottle and rushed to hospital on the Gold Coast.

Steven Frederick Spears, 54, is scheduled to be put to death on Wednesday by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson.

Graffiti artist takes street art to the next level with amazing photorealistic mural on the wall of a historic building

Graffiti artist TakerOne has created an amazing photorealistic mural of his best friend and her pet dog (left) on a historic building in Avondale, west of Auckland in New Zealand. Originally from Hungary, the artist came to New Zealand to pursue his artistic passions (right). The building was the town's first dentist and chemist, which operated between 1911 and 1920.

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People who can afford $25,000 (£20,000) a month to hire a luxury apartment in Los Angeles are being offered a robot butler, which provides room service with a personal touch.

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Wild scenes and PLENTY of booty shaking as Sydney house party turns into a street rave

Plenty of booty shaking was had at a house party in Newtown, in Sydney's inner west. The house party in Newtown has quickly escalated into a street party as hundreds of revelers gathered outside the house (inset). Video from the event shows a man booty shaking on a tree (left), while a woman was seen dancing topless on the balcony (right).

 
   

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'World's saddest polar bear' is sent back to ocean park

Global anger at the plight of 'the saddest polar bear in the world', who was caged in a Chinese shopping mall, has borne fruit, with the mall owners agreeing to send him back to an ocean park. The owners of Grandview Shopping Mall in the city of Guangzhou in southern China came under huge pressure both nationally and internationally and they have now relented and grudgingly agreed to move Pizza (pictured) 'temporarily' to an ocean park in northern China. Earlier this year Mail Online exposed how tourists were banging on the window of his tiny enclosure and taking selfies (right). Qin Xiaona, director of Capital Animal Welfare Association, said: 'It's a good decision, the right decision for Pizza, but it's not the end. Temporary is not good enough.'

A video of a blind puppy named Henry Nipper, of Chicago, Illinois, happily leaping through leaves is warming hearts across the internet. The clip has been viewed hundreds of times.

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Photographer Camilo Jose Vergara documents the decline of America's poorest

Chilean-born photographer Camilo Jose Vergara has spent four decades revisiting poor and segregated neighbourhoods around America. Pictured, left, the dilapidated Ransom Gillis Mansion in Detroit, seen in 1993, top, and seven years later, bottom. Pictured, right, A large apartment complex on Vyse Avenue in New York's South Bronx, pictured in 1980, top, and after it was demolished six years later, bottom.

   

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