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A journalist based in Istanbul says there will be huge questions to answer in the next few days about how and why the attempted coup happened. Soraya Lennie has been following events all night and… Read more Audio

A New Zealander living in Istanbul, Yvette McCullough, is sheltering with a group of friends while they wait for the situation to resolve. Ms McCullough told our reporter Kate Newton they were all… Read more Audio

Cyclone Winston could be heading towards the North Island later this week. But the Meteorologist Emma Blades told our reporter Kate Pereyra Garcia there is uncertainty about where the cyclone will go… Read more Audio

Community groups are meeting in Auckland now to discuss how they can help in the aftermath of the cyclone. Nathaniel Yalimaiwai is the chairman of the Fiji Community Association and is at the meeting.

Despite warnings to leave flimsy homes for the sturdier halls and churches which were set up as evacuation centres, some people decided to stay put and had lucky escapes. Fane Lomani lives near Tavua… Read more Audio

With electricity out and telecommunications patchy it could be several days before the full extent of the damage caused by Cyclone Winston is known. Alice Clements, from Unicef Pacific is in Suva and… Read more Audio

The Chairman of the Ba Mission Hospital says the town is like a war zone and he has never seen anything like it. Jay Dayal says every single house is damaged and there are whole suburbs wiped out in… Read more Audio

The New Zealand Government has sent an Air Force Orion to Fiji to help assess the damage caused by the cyclone. The Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says initial reports suggest Fiji may have… Read more Audio

The Fijian Government is conducting aerial surveys to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Winston. The acting head of Fiji Red Cross, Ahmad Sami, told our reporter Kate Pereyra Garcia that it's too… Read more Audio

RNZ International's Sally Round talks about the damage and steps towards restoration. Audio

A brief rundown of what's happened so far. Audio