Cyclone lashes remote Australian coast with wind, rains

A vast and powerful cyclone made landfall on Saturday along a remote stretch of the northern Australian coast.

Women across New Zealand wear hijab in solidarity with Muslims

Headscarves were also worn as a mark of respect by policewomen and non-Muslim volunteers directing the crowds around the site in Christchurch.

Residents of Christchurch are still recovering from a devastating earthquake that hit in 2011, killing 185 and injured thousands.

The Prime Minister said that while social media attacks were nothing new, they did appear to be disproportionately aimed at women.

The police team carried out the visit in October, interviewing Brenton Tarrant and carrying out a 'security inspection' of his home.

Gun control proponents praise move, denounce US pro-gun lobby online.

Australia on Thursday declared a state of emergency and evacuated people from its Northern Territory.

NZ PM Ardern said high capacity magazines and devices similar to bump stocks -- which make rifles fire faster -- will also be banned.

“After that I heard shooting and he screamed and after that I didn't hear him,” she told New Zealand media this week.

John Milne sobs as he pens an anguished letter to his murdered teenage son Sayyad one of 50 people killed in the Christchurch massacre.