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Raging seas threaten to take historic Coromandel boating club
Volunteers are now battling to save the historic club's building from the sea.
Live: Wet weekend - electrical storm threat for Coromandel, Auckland north
There's no respite from the bad weather with thunderstorms forecast Saturday
Live: Coromandel cut off; SH25 blocked by fallen trees, floods, slips
The holiday hotspot is bearing the brunt of a subtropical storm, with communities cut off.
Quake tsunami destroys boats on Lake Taupō: 150 aftershocks rock North Island after 5.6 tremor
The quake and scores of aftershocks made for a sleepless night and left a trail of damage.
Snow in Wellington, giant wave warning - storm surging north
Low temperatures, snow and large waves unleashed across New Zealand today.
No jab, no job: The company where all new staff need Covid vaccine
Those wanting to get a job with Arvida must agree to have a Covid vaccination.
Kiwis in Barcelona: 'It's just gone crazy'
A New Zealander in Barcelona says "it's absolute chaos" in city.
Nervous? Not as much as Blair Tuke's mum
New Zealand might be on edge - but spare a thought for Blair Tuke's nervous mum!
Edgecumbe clean-up will be huge job - Mayor
People are still holed up in homes in isolated communities unable to go anywhere.
Record cocaine bust: Kiwi arrested
Australian and New Zealand authorities make the largest ever cocaine bust off the Australian coastline.
Coromandel fire: 'There's nothing left'
Council spokeswoman Rebekah Duffin said the destruction of the Wilderland farm would be a huge blow to the area.
Holidaymakers spend wet night in cars
WATCH: Dashcam footage shows a Coromandel road turn into a river after rain lashed much of the country over the weekend closing roads.
Wild weather moves south
The Western Bay of Plenty and Coromandel are facing a big clean-up as the wild weather moves south
NGO the go-to agency in cyberbullying
Online safety champion NetSafe will head a new agency as the Government rolls out the second part of a plan targeting bullies on the net.
Naked photos shared against their will
Nearly half of female students spoken to in a new survey said they had had an embarrassing photo put online against their will last year.
Govt acts to tackle cyberbullying
A generation of young New Zealanders faces serious mental health risks from an alarming rise in cyberbullying.
Coromandel hit by flooding
More rain is forecast for an already deluged Coromandel with highways down to one lane and motorists warned to take care in the treacherous conditions.
'He's scared. He knows what he's done'
The gunman involved in the incident is reportedly willing to surrender if he can have the support of his friends and family with him.
'Evacuators' behind bomb hoax threat
A computer forensic expert is warning an underground group of cyber teens bent on causing mayhem may be behind the spate of hoax bomb threats causing havoc in New Zealand schools this week.
Teens bent on mayhem 'to blame'
An expert is warning an underground group of cyber teens bent on causing mayhem may be behind the spate of hoax bomb threats causing havoc in schools.
Fiery crash kills three, injures seven
The Bay of Plenty crash took the weekend's road toll to seven after three other fatal crashes.
Impaled man walks into store for help
A man with an iron rod poking out of his head drove to the only open shop in a small North Island town and calmly walked up to the counter to raise the alarm.