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Severe wind gusts batter Auckland Harbour Bridge, spring snow dusts Canterbury, NZDF deployed

Transpower declared a grid emergency after a lightning strike cut supply.

Cars, fighter jets and family dinner: How Rocket Lab’s Sir Peter Beck unwinds

The billionaire jokes he 'probably won’t be winning any awards' for father of the year.

Watch: Hooded teen who stormed field, punched schoolboy rugby player, referred to Youth Services

The attack was caught on video and went viral on social media.

Wairoa election: Craig Little leading race to be mayor over his deputy

Progress results put Craig Little in the box seat for another term.

John Jenkins: Trauma powers to an impressive Hāwera win for Hawke's Bay owner

OPINION: De Gruchy is best-known as the breeder and owner of the champion mare Horlicks.

'Avoid non-essential travel': Flooding sparks emergency operations' centre activation, highway closure

Authorities are speaking to schools ahead of afternoon bus runs amid flooding and slips.

EIT begins search for new boss; former CEO not in running

EIT has begun its search for a new chief executive following a tumultuous few years.

Cyclone Gabrielle: 111 callers told 'no one is coming to help' as floodwaters rose

'Some of the calls, even now with the passage of time... are distressing to hear.'

Cabinet decision streamlining Wairoa's flood mitigation consenting celebrated

Cabinet has approved a legislative amendment sought by HBRC for Wairoa's flood mitigation.

Just over 40 jobs to go at EIT in restructure

Cuts necessary as Eastern Institute of Technology returns to independence, it says.

'Largest ever': Cyclone Gabrielle's unprecedented landslide impact

Cyclone Gabrielle triggered over 800,000 landslides, killed 11 people and destroyed homes.

Napier electorate expanded to take communities from Tukituki

Pākōwhai, Waiohiki, Fernhill, Ōmahu and rural areas such as Crownthorpe move to Napier.

NPC: Magpies aim to defend proud record under the roof in Dunedin

Of the past 13 matches between Hawke's Bay and Otago, the Magpies have won more than half.

Resilient Hawke’s Bay jockey’s turbulent season ends on a high – John Jenkins

OPINION: 'You've just to keep going and do the best you can.'

Man admits murdering his partner - a crime that was unsolved for five years until today

Kathleen Kawana's body was found in an abandoned farmhouse six weeks after her death.

Wairoa: Nine tries in muddy Mahia Barry Cup defence

Matakaoa came down from Te Araroa, scored the first try, and then the locals took over.