Wellington Conflict & Tragedy News

Sharyn Lee Hills was the step mother – she, in collusion with her husband Gary John Duffin, sexually abused her 14-year old daughter Karla Kardno before pushing her into the sex trade as a child prostitute and later murdering her....

An artist's drawing of the Maori warrior planned for Ngaruawahia. IT UP: The Ngaruawahia Warrior compared to other landmarks. It will not rival the Statue of Liberty or come close to the Eiffel Tower, but it will be bigger than...

WELLINGTON: There is a heavy Earth Quake at off New Sealand. The U.S. Geological Survey has issued a tsunami warning after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off New Zealand's western coast. The USGS says the quake's epicenter was 100 miles (161...

The quake was felt widely across the lower North Island and upper South Island. A 5.1 magnitude Richter scale earthquake struck New Zealand's capital Wellington on Saturday morning,which occurred at around 9 a.m. The epicentre of the quake,was at 80...

The New Zealand air force is to track the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctic waters this season, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced Sunday. New Zealand also urged both whalers and anti-whaling protesters to show restraint after a series of clashes...

The epicentre of the quake, recorded at 23:36 GMT on Monday, was 131km from Raoul Island and at a depth of 35km. A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the remote Kermadec islands north of New Zealand on Tuesday. There was no...