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'Come home': Family vintage tractor returns to original owner

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'Really excited': Waikato farming family's hazelnut success

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'Rhythm and Rain': Festivalgoers drenched as stormy conditions move down south

Rhythm and Vines campers in Gisborne woke to flooded tents and deep mud.

29 Dec 04:00 PM

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Pastures Past: Boar attacks boat in 1937

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Bearing witness: Reporter logs 20 years covering crime, courage and consequence

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Fire crews attend sites of property damage as strong winds buffet Auckland

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29 Dec 03:00 AM

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Watch: Waterspout touches down off Waimārama Beach, Hawke's Bay

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29 Dec 02:52 AM

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MetService severe weather update: Monday 29 December

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NZ Herald Afternoon Headlines | Monday, December 29, 2025

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29 Dec 12:46 AM

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Kea Kids News: Hamilton lights up for the holiday season

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Man filmed ‘car surfing’ vehicle in empty Franklin carpark

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East v west: The Coromandel property divide driving $8.5m beach sales

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Wild weather: 'District-wide' power outage as storm strikes

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'Complicating the response': Vegetation fire breaks out near Ardmore Airport

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Wild weather: 'District-wide' power outage as storm strikes

An active low-pressure system has caused chaos across NZ.

29 Dec 07:34 AM

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Wild weather: 'District-wide' power outage as storm strikes

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Waterspout forms off popular Hawke’s Bay holiday beach

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'Come home': Family vintage tractor returns to original owner

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'Rhythm and Rain': Festivalgoers drenched as stormy conditions move down south

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Pastures Past: Boar attacks boat in 1937

Bearing witness: Reporter logs 20 years covering crime, courage and consequence

Jamie McKay: Winston, FTAs and farm votes – what’s really at stake in 2026

2025 road toll on track for historic low amid tougher policing and safer roads

Revealed: The urgent message from Minister Nicole McKee’s office before her alcohol policy u-turn

Northcote school gets colourful for a cause

Fire crews attend sites of property damage as strong winds buffet Auckland

Watch: Waterspout touches down off Waimārama Beach, Hawke's Bay

MetService severe weather update: Monday 29 December

NZ Herald Afternoon Headlines | Monday, December 29, 2025

NZ Herald Morning Headlines | Monday, December 29, 2025

Kea Kids News: Hamilton lights up for the holiday season

Man filmed ‘car surfing’ vehicle in empty Franklin carpark

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Teen golf star targets higher honours after winning amateur championship

'Rhythm and Rain': Festivalgoers drenched as stormy conditions move down south

'It’s a miracle no one was killed': Victim of brutal dog attack speaks out

Wild weather: 'District-wide' power outage as storm strikes

East v west: The Coromandel property divide driving $8.5m beach sales

Wild weather: 'District-wide' power outage as storm strikes

'Complicating the response': Vegetation fire breaks out near Ardmore Airport

‘Extraordinary impact’: A2 Milk CFO wins top Deloitte finance award

Precinct wins Deloitte Top 200 Sustainability Leadership award 2025

Fran O'Sullivan: Passing the Deloitte Top 200 baton

Deloitte Top 200: How values shaped Clarus’ inclusive culture

Teen golf star targets higher honours after winning amateur championship

'Rhythm and Rain': Festivalgoers drenched as stormy conditions move down south

Wild weather: 'District-wide' power outage as storm strikes

Teen drink-driver who caused five car crash with his Mercedes fails appeal

'It’s a miracle no one was killed': Victim of brutal dog attack speaks out

Power rankings: New Zealand’s top sporting schools of 2025 revealed

All Blacks player ratings for 2025: Every performance assessed

Teen golf star targets higher honours after winning amateur championship

'Rhythm and Rain': Festivalgoers drenched as stormy conditions move down south

Letters: Trade reality check - why India, not Luxon, is likely to gain most

'It’s a miracle no one was killed': Victim of brutal dog attack speaks out

Kaitāia Airport upgrade step closer as $7m of work on offer

Wild weather: 'District-wide' power outage as storm strikes

Wild weather: 'District-wide' power outage as storm strikes

Wild weather: 'District-wide' power outage as storm strikes

Waterspout forms off popular Hawke’s Bay holiday beach

The Chronicle Q&A with NZ mountain bike legend Sam Blenkinsop

Afternoon quiz: How long did the Trojan War last?

Have you seen Ella? Police search for missing person

Covid-19 outbreak shuts Gore Hospital to new patients and visitors

'Millions of dollars': Farmers rejoice as rain hits parched Hawke's Bay paddocks

Power rankings: New Zealand’s top sporting schools of 2025 revealed

Fireworks and bands ready to rock Hawke’s Bay on New Year’s Eve

Covid-19 outbreak shuts Gore Hospital to new patients and visitors

'Millions of dollars': Farmers rejoice as rain hits parched Hawke's Bay paddocks

Power rankings: New Zealand’s top sporting schools of 2025 revealed

NZ Herald Afternoon Headlines | Monday, December 29, 2025

Fireworks and bands ready to rock Hawke’s Bay on New Year’s Eve

'Our goal was to save the Queen': Owner puts Lakeland Queen business on market

Christmas Day pup marks start of sea lion breeding season on Otago coast

Police hand sex offender prison death to Coroner 400 days after body found in cell

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