More than 4000 people have already signed the petition to bring koalas to NZ.

Animals fleeing devastating Aussie bushfires were like a tsunami, NZ volunteer says.

'There are things I could have handled on the ground much better.'

The Victorian bush-fire death toll has risen to four.

Father and daughter Paul and Stephanie Browitt were severely injured in the eruption.

Since the fire, it has been sickness: repeated respiratory infections.

The fire crisis has "hastened extinction" for some species.

The new reinforcements will travel to Kangaroo Island in South Australia tomorrow.

James Cunneen was ordained as a priest in New Zealand in 1979.

Unwanted fruit disease has been found on imported watermelons from Queensland, Australia.

The Australian bush fires have inspired people to express their sadness through art.

Conservationist and her family have rescued more than 90,000 animals

Melbourne dad has been charged with murder over the deaths of his daughter and son-in-law.

Everything they've tried has failed, and the West can no longer hide its impotence.

Western Australia mining magnate has outdone all the other donors thus far.

The army is going door-to-door to urgently get residents to leave.

NZ firefighters have arrived to applause as they touched down in Australia last night.

Whanganui athletes had an outstanding season with the second half yet to come.

Sara had to say the final goodbye to her daughter at a place she never wanted to go to.

Andrew Strunk busted some widely spread myths about devastating fires.

People were looking for simple items they could convert to money, police said.

Blake Banner, 19, was allegedly spotted leaving a place where a fire was spreading.

Patience is running thin in bushfire-ravaged communities across Australia.

Many people said the map put the fires into perspective for them.