Many people were seriously injured by collapsing walls.

Yesterday's magnitude 6.1 quake was centred 12 kilometres west of Sullana in the Piura region, 36 kilometres deep.

187 homes were damaged and six more are uninhabitable.

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10 Jan: MetService has issued a severe weather warning for the South Island West Coast

10 Jan: An expected rain deluge and a possible tropical cyclone are posing fresh threats to already hard-hit communities in Queensland's far north

10 Jan: There's still no sign of more Queensland fruit flies, after a single male fly was found in Auckland

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Grocery costs remained largely unchanged over the Christmas period 6:27

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Christchurch:
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