New Zealand earthquake: Magnitude 6.1 tremor strikes near Wellington
Tremor felt in Wellington and ‘widely across the North Island’ as country reels from its most destructive cyclone in decades
Australasia
Boy, 8, dies from ‘electrocution’ while on holiday with family at Fiji resort
Tributes pour in for ‘shy, tough little kid’
Cyclone Gabrielle: Auckland prepares for New Zealand’s ‘most serious storm this century’
Residents asked to check with their neighbours and family who might need help to prepare for the storm
More than £260m worth of cocaine found floating in Pacific Ocean
New Zealand says seizure of more than three tonnes of cocaine is the country’s largest drugs seizure
Parents’ tribute to ‘vibrant’ girl mauled to death by shark in front of friends
Stella Berry’s parents say she was ‘the best daughter we could have hoped for’
‘Extremely traumatic’: Officers react after girl mauled to death by shark while jetskiing with friends
WA Police received a triple zero called at approximately 3.30pm
‘Pell Burn In Hell’: Clashes break out at funeral of cardinal accused of child sex abuse
George Pell accused of sexually abusing two choir boys as Archbishop of Melbourne
Australia announces decision to remove British monarchy from its banknotes
KIng Charles III is expected to continue to feature on coins
Missing radioactive capsule found in Western Australia after massive week-long search effort
Tiny capsule containing caesium-137 emits dangerous amounts of radiation equivalent to receiving 10 X-rays in an hour
The race to find an 8mm radioactive capsule lost on an 870-mile stretch of Australian Outback
A mining company dropped a tiny capsule of caesium-137 somewhere along an 870-mile stretch of Western Australia’s Great Northern Highway. The plan is to find it before someone gets hurt, Liam James reports