The Latest Breaking News from New Zealand

Every March there is a small part of Co Fermanagh which makes its mark on the city of Auckland and its St Patrick’s Day parade

Colin and Donna Craig-Brown, from near Hamilton, New Zealand, unearthed what could be the world's biggest spud, nicknamed 'Doug' last summer but now have to face DNA testing to confirm their claims

The Mango island was hit by waves estimated to be 5-10 metres high, reports say

Aid agencies reported "extensive damage" in the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday following a massive underwater volcanic blast and tsunami, as the first death from the disaster was confirmed. Early indications of the scale of the crisis on the virtually cut-off island kingdom were emerging through patchy satellite…

Three people have died after a massive underground volcano eruption and tsunami in Tonga on Saturday, the government has confirmed in its first update since the disaster.

Relief efforts by Australia and New Zealand are hampered by heavy ash across the country’s airport runways and little communication

The 40 images paint a much fuller picture of the damage to the country following a volcanic eruption and tsunami

Governments and aid agencies try to assess extent of disaster amid ‘challenging’ communication links.

Threat of new volcanic eruption could prevent access by repair ship, which is en route from 4,000km away