Building a better future for New Zealand starts with putting the right settings in place for our cities and regions to thrive ...

“The Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill focuses the system only on buildings that pose the greatest risk to life in medium and high-risk seismic zones. This includes concrete ...

Legislation that will bring significant financial relief to many building owners by refocusing the earthquake-prone building system has passed its ...

Stretching from Lake Pukaki to Mount Cook, this route offers one of the best alpine views in the country. Could it be the ...

Staff at the main hospital in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila have returned to work following a spat with the Public Service Commission (PSC).

Adelaide sits on the most active seismic zone in Australia and has more than its fair share of tremors below magnitude-4, but it's been 71 years since it was rocked by a serious earthquake. Now, it's ...

The world's greatest earthquake belt, the circum-Pacific seismic belt, is found along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, where about 81 percent of our planet's largest earthquakes occur. It has earned the ...

The U.S. dollar advanced on Tuesday as better-than-expected job-market figures underscored a still resilient labor market ...

Composer Luke Di Somma drew inspiration from Hairspray, Jerry Herman and Smash for the zippy musical score of HBO Max's new comedy.

The launch also carried eight CubeSats into space, including OrigamiSat-2. The 3U craft carries what JAXA describes as 10 cm ...

Whakatāne Mayor Nandor Tanczos says the government's plan to replace the ageing Pekatahi Bridge shows "a collective push ...

In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off ...