A French official says a 23-year-old man has been found alive and in good condition beneath the rubble of a fruit and vegetable shop in Haiti, 11 days after an earthquake crumbled the capital city.
A music festival planned for Queenstown next Friday will raise money for people in need in quake-hit Haiti.
Beware scammers preying on the generosity of people trying to donate towards Haiti earthquake relief, the Security Awareness and Fraud Education (Safe) programme says.
A powerful aftershock sent Haitians screaming into the streets today, collapsing buildings, cracking roads and adding to the trauma of a nation stunned by an apocalyptic quake eight days ago.
Haitian-American musician Wyclef Jean has cancelled his performance at Raggamuffin 2010 in Rotorua on Saturday following last week's devastating earthquake in his homeland.
Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti even while victims of the quake that killed an estimated 200,000 people still struggled to find a cup of water or a handful of food.
Even those unpractised in the ritualistic arts of Voodoo, still popular in Haiti today, might be forgiven for imagining the country is cursed.
A glance at some of the international aid pledges for victims of the earthquake in Haiti:
MTV Networks says it is working with George Clooney to stage a telethon for Haitian earthquake relief on January 22.
Two little Kiwi girls and their father were still missing in Haiti late last night as their family in New Zealand clung to hopes that they were still alive under the rubble.
"At the moment, all I want to do is go and hold everybody that was close to me."
