Pasifika Editor, NZ Herald
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I see red! Stargazers treated to stunning blood moon
It was the once-in-a-lifetime event many stayed up late to see.
Pacific pickers arrive in quarantine
"We're going to keep plugging away, because if we don't, we won't pick the crop."
Pacific seasonal workers start to arrive in NZ
Up to 2000 seasonal workers from the Pacific are due to arrive in New Zealand.
Horror Hawke's Bay crash: 3 killed on way to work identified
High school student among the three killed in Hawke's Bay crash.
Napier waking up to flooding aftermath - 2nd wettest day in 150 years
Schools are closed and power out.
Tarawera crash: Hopes of NZ dream die with dad of five
Father of five Tino Tagiilima died when the van he was in crashed with a truck on SH5.
Father of five killed in Tarawera crash: 'I'll never forget you, brother'
The seasonal worker killed in the SH5 crash yesterday was a father of five children.
Crash tragedy: Seasonal worker dies days before return to Samoa
Vaetasi Asiata was to return home to Samoa on Friday when he died in a crash on Sunday.
Large ammonia cloud over Fonterra site after gas leak
Workers at a Fonterra site in Te Rapa have been evacuated after an ammonia gas leak.
Butcher's death after lockdown struggles: Family's plea to PM to lift funeral rule
Family members of a young butcher who died suddenly are pleading to attend his funeral.
Man killed by stag was a well-known emergency worker: 'Big shock to our family'
A man suffered fatal injuries in a stag attack near Invercargill last night.
107-year-old's secret to a long life revealed
Te Kauwhata man Bob Moorfield, 107, still lives an independent life.
Another heavy rain warning for Auckland after Coromandel flooding
Heavy rain expected in the upper North Island, while the South Island basks in the sun.
Storm in a teacup! 'Polar blast' now a low pressure system - but it'll still be chilly
Heavy rains and snow are forecast for the weekend.
Your weather: Heavy rains, chilly nights and snow all forecast this week
Get ready for some cold and wintry weather this week.
'Holy crap! There's a whole bunch of fins coming towards us'
Three mates were on a fishing trip near Wellington when a pod of orca found them.
Needles found in strawberries in NZ: Farmers eye metal detectors
Metal detectors are being looked at as strawberry growers aim to reassure customers.
Fishing industry open to cameras, but there's a catch
Vessel operators say no issue with cameras but who pays and where does the data go?
'The cows were floating... swimming over the fence'
Twenty-eight millimetres of rain fell in Napier in an hour early on Tuesday night.
Flash floods yesterday, heavy rain today
Heavy rain led to flash flooding south of Auckland on Wednesday.
Drenching rain likely from north
Parts of the North Island are being warned to brace for a sub-tropical drenching with heavy downpours so intense the crippling drought may finally be broken.
How To Dad is just a big kid himself
He's one of the coolest dads on the internet, sharing hilarious and very Kiwi ways of raising a child.
Kiwi meat in UK halalbaloo
Religious leaders in the UK want all halal and kosher meat labelled with slaughter methods. With a large chunk of NZ lamb sold there, are our exports at risk?
Fatty diet wreaks havoc in islands
Pacific health experts are calling for a quota on the amount of fatty food exported to the Pacific Islands, where heart disease, diabetes and obesity are the norm.
Rogue bull tosses farmer 2m into air
A farmer was recovering in hospital last night after being charged at by a bull which threw him almost two metres into the air.