Christchurch - The central business area of New Zealand South island's largest city of Christchurch to be evacuated after the strong earthquake on Saturday morning. Civil Defense Minister John Carter said a decision has been made to clear people out of the central Christchurch business district for their own safety, following Saturday morning's 7....
Wellington - Nine people died when a plane crashed at a popular New Zealand tourist attraction today, the New Zealand Herald reported citing a spokesman with the St John Ambulance Service. Emergency services were called to the crash, near the airstrip at Fox Glacier, a central attraction in the UNESCO-designated World Heritage area on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island, about 1.30pm local time. St John Ambulance spokesman Ian Henderson said nine...













