Wellington - A 92-year-old woman has donated 1.5 million New Zealand dollars (about 1.05 million US dollars) to the school of her fiancé who was killed in World War II, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Violet Dunn, who lives in a retirement home in Auckland, stayed true to her love and never married after Royal Air Force pilot Tom Paul died when his plane crashed in England in 1944.

Dunn and Paul met in 1934 on Auckland's Takapuna beach, fell in love and planned to marry.

In 1940, Paul enlisted as an Air Force trainee pilot. He was sent to England the following year, flying bombers on night raids over Europe. Paul was just 26 when he died.

Wellington  - A 92-year-old woman has donated 1.5 million New Zealand dollars (about 1.05 million US dollars) to the school of her fiancé who was killed in World War II, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Violet Dunn, who lives in a retirement home in Auckland, stayed true to her love and never married after Royal Air Force pilot Tom Paul died when his plane crashed in England in 1944.

Dunn and Paul met in 1934 on Auckland's Takapuna beach, fell in love and planned to marry.

In 1940, Paul enlisted as an Air Force trainee pilot. He was sent to England the following year, flying bombers on night raids over Europe. Paul was just 26 when he died.

Wellington  - Authorities in two New Zealand cities began checking for damage at dawn on Tuesday after one of the biggest earthquakes to hit a populated area in the country in recent years.

The quake, which measured 5.9 on the Richter scale, hit the cities of Hastings and Napier, on the east coast of the North Island, at 11:25 pm (1125 GMT) Monday night.

It was centred 10 kilometres south-west of Hastings and was reportedly felt over a wide area.

News reports said items were shaken off shelves and some windows were broken, but there were no immediate reports of major damage.

Wellington  - A New Zealand judge, who is an expert on internet law, made an unprecedented ruling Monday banning publication of the names of two men on a murder charge on news websites, saying he was "concerned about the viral effect of digital publication."

Judge David Harvey said the names could be published in newspapers and on radio and television news bulletins, but he was concerned about people being able to Google someone's name "and being able to access it later."

Wellington, Aug. 23 : International students in Christchurch can now complain anonymously about racial harassment online.

A website set up by the Christchurch City Council, Canterbury and Lincoln universities and other groups in the city will enable foreign students to report racial abuse, reports stuff. co. nz.

Half the international students who took part in a recent survey said they had experienced harassment because of their race. The survey also identified that the main barrier to not reporting harassment was not knowing how and who to tell.