New Zealand

Dozens of people are killed as a major earthquake hits New Zealand’s second biggest city of Christchurch. For updates and video from #c4news follow the live blog – and add your voice.

An earthquake in Christchurch has killed more than 65 people and injured hundreds more. The New Zealand Red Cross tells Channel 4 News the risk of aftershocks is affecting the rescue.

All 29 people, including two Britons, trapped in a New Zealand coal mine are presumed dead after a second explosion. Rescue teams have now begun a recovery, police say.

Officials remain “optimistic” over the fate of the 29 people trapped after an explosion at a New Zealand coal mine, but warn they are planning for all outcomes – including loss of life.

As rescuers continue to stall a rescue attempt for the 29 trapped miners in New Zealand because of safety fears, one of those who escaped tells his story. Julian Rush listens in.

Two Brits are among 29 men trapped by an explosion in a New Zealand mine. An expert tells Channel 4 News the risk of another gas blast makes it hard to tell when a rescue attempt could be made.

At least twenty seven miners are believed to be trapped underground after an explosion at a remote colliery on New Zealand’s South Island. Five men escaped and are being treated in hospital.

Thousands of New Zealanders have taken part in protests against possible plans to make the adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit outside of the country. Stephanie West investigates.

Dramatic CCTV footage emerges of people and furniture being thrown around inside a P&O cruise liner as the ship is caught in a severe storm off the coast of New Zealand.

A curfew is in place in Christchurch after an earthquake of same size as the quake that claimed 230,000 lives in Haiti hit New Zealand’s second largest city.