Sources: New Zealand Herald
A police officer is killed and four other people are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack during a patrol in Nelson, New Zealand. A 32-year-old suspect is arrested. 2025-01-1
New Zealand reports its first cases of community transmission in 102 days, four cases in a single family. Auckland will move to Alert Level 3 from August 12 at 12 noon until midnight on August 14. The rest of the country will move to Alert Level 2. 2020-08-11
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake strikes 60 miles west of Wellington, New Zealand. No injuries are reported. 2020-05-25
Severe flooding caused by Cyclone Debbie forces the evacuation of Edgecumbe, New Zealand, and nearby areas. 2017-04-6
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Christchurch in New Zealand. The St. John ambulance service says that several people suffered minor injuries from falls as they ran from the quake but there were no immediate reports of serious damage. 2016-02-14
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs near the town of Kaikoura on the South Island of New Zealand. 2015-04-24
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs off the coast of Japan causing a small tsunami that hits the coast of Aomori prefecture on the island of Hokkaido. 2012-03-14
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of New Zealand's Kermadec Islands resulting in a tidal surge. 2011-07-7
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake occurs 30 kilometres west of Taupo in the Waikato Region of the North Island of New Zealand. 2011-07-5
The New Zealand city of Christchurch is hit by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake, an aftershock to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. 2010-10-13