Dubby Henry is a reporter for the New Zealand Herald
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Dramatic picture: Wild weather - massive slip closes road; baby rescue in flood; warning for Harbour Bridge drivers
Westies banded together to rescue neighbours and their animals trapped by floods.
Coldest June morning in five years: Otago town shivers at -12.3C
Middlemarch has registered New Zealand's coldest June temperature since 2015.
Farm pond tragedy: Family mourn Nanny Bev, Luka and JJ
Bev Hiscox and her two grandsons Luka and JJ Sirett have been named as the trio who died.
A young butcher spoke about his lockdown struggles. Now his family is mourning him
Green Family Butchers Ltd went into liquidation a week ago.
Hail, thunder, lightning and snow as cold front hits New Zealand
More than 90 lightning strikes have been recorded in New Zealand in the past two hours.
Some McDonald's stores run out of lettuce post-lockdown
Your Big Mac might not taste quite the same.
Tenants stuck feeding dozens of ducks and chooks win $4000
Up to 70 turkeys, ducks and chooks were left on the property with no plans for their care.
Provincial Growth Fund staff travel costs top $1m in a year
PGF minister Shane Jones says he's told staff they have to defend their spending.
Workplace death: 'I lost my best friend, the love of my life'
Les Laing, 28, died after being struck by heavy machinery at work.
'I've taped off the taps so nobody turns them on': Aucklanders on tanks left dry
When it comes to water in Auckland it's a tale of two cities.
Police called to keep sightseers away from multiple scrub fires in Canterbury
Thick haze over Rangiora as scrub fires continue to burn.
Meat industry cries foul over school climate-change resource
Less red meat and dairy, more chicken and veg? Not so fast, says Beef + Lamb NZ.
Bread shortage: Fresh strike action could see shelves empty again
George Weston's latest pay offer will probably not be accepted, union says.
Brace yourselves, Christchurch: More thunderstorms on the way
A similar weather system produced a tornado that caused chaos on Monday.
66,000 lightning strikes: More thunderstorms possible today
Northland, Auckland due to get another bout of rain and possible thunderstorms.
'Despicable': Struggling farmers gutted after thieves take $10k of calf feed
Keep an eye out for stock feed going cheap in Taranaki - it could be stolen.
'Atrocious' training, regulations slammed in wake of forklift deaths
Forklift rules and training fall short, experts warn, as two boys die in two weeks.
Six helicopter fire crews battling grass fire near Queenstown
The blaze started as a controlled burnoff but got out of hand.
A tiny fruit fly was found in an Auckland suburb. NZ spent $4m to get rid of it.
'We're talking about the protection of a multimillion-dollar industry.'
Your weather: Showers today but mild winter forecast
It may be wet today but winter is set to be warm and dry.
Weather warning: 'Huge seas', gales and thunderstorms
Fishing out west may not be the best idea this week.
'Indefensible': Councillor calls for ban on use of Roundup in Auckland
The weedkiller has been implicated in non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a type of cancer.
Potato farm death destroys 'a million dreams'
The man's death had destroyed "a million dreams", a community member said.
Health ministry prepares for extreme heat of global warming
Extreme heat is likely to cause more health problems in future, the Ministry says.
Warning after woman killed by extreme heat
People with multiple sclerosis are particularly vulnerable to extreme heat.
Family ill in 30 mins in wild pig poisoning: was it botulism?
Doctors as yet unsure about illness that put three family members on life support.
Waikato tornado takes out NZ's top radio stations
Wild winds have knocked out radio stations as rain causes traffic mayhem.
Waitakeres may be closed to save kauri
Closure may be the only option as one in five kauri now infected with deadly pathogen.