THE fallout from All Blacks winger Zac Guildford’s drunken binge last week continues as he has now been accused of sexual harassment.

NEW ZEALAND civil defence authorities expected stronger than normal ocean currents and a possible increase in the size of waves around the eastern coast, but no wall of water after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean north-east of the country.

At least one person was killed and 20 others injured when a tornado ripped across part of New Zealand’s largest city today.

One person is believed to have died as a tornado ripped through New Zealand’s largest city.

GRIEVING New Zealanders mourned Christchurch earthquake victims yesterday as police said the disaster’s final death toll was set to exceed 200.

Hopes are fading of finding any more survivors following the devastating earthquake in New Zealand after a strong aftershock measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale caused problems in the city and suburbs this morning.

In a bright moment amid the misery of New Zealand’s earthquake, a woman rescued from the rubble just days ago has gone ahead with her planned wedding.

An Irish man is among those feared trapped in a collapsed building in Christchurch, after Tuesday's earthquake in New Zealand.

A CORKMAN has told how the iconic Christ- church Cathedral collapsed before his eyes seconds after the 6.3 magnitude quake struck.

THE utter wretchedness of an Irish father was plain to see as he told a press conference he and his family were “barely existing” as they awaited news on their two-year-old daughter who is missing from her New Zealand home for nearly five days.

OVERALL, it was a great year for Irish sport.

Motoring authorities in Canada and New Zealand have become the latest organisations to denounce beleaguered FIA president Max Mosley.

NEW Zealand police yesterday found the body of a young Asian woman in a car outside the home of a three-year old toddler, who was abandoned at a train station in Australia.

As the Prince of Wales nears the end of his South Pacific tour, the tiny atoll nation of Tuvalu is considering dumping the Queen of England as its head of state.

The worst cyclone in living memory has smashed into the tiny South Pacific island state of Niue, killing a woman and seriously injuring several people including her baby.

Radio New Zealand are reporting that sacked Ireland coach Warren Gatland could be in line for a job with his native All Blacks.

The first complete broadcast of an execution in the United States will be aired on New Zealand public radio.