Schools are closed and power out.

Father of five Tino Tagiilima died when the van he was in crashed with a truck on SH5.

The seasonal worker killed in the SH5 crash yesterday was a father of five children.

Vaetasi Asiata was to return home to Samoa on Friday when he died in a crash on Sunday.

Workers at a Fonterra site in Te Rapa have been evacuated after an ammonia gas leak.

Family members of a young butcher who died suddenly are pleading to attend his funeral.

A man suffered fatal injuries in a stag attack near Invercargill last night.

Te Kauwhata man Bob Moorfield, 107, still lives an independent life.

Heavy rain expected in the upper North Island, while the South Island basks in the sun.

Heavy rains and snow are forecast for the weekend.

Get ready for some cold and wintry weather this week.

Three mates were on a fishing trip near Wellington when a pod of orca found them.

Metal detectors are being looked at as strawberry growers aim to reassure customers.

Vessel operators say no issue with cameras but who pays and where does the data go?

Twenty-eight millimetres of rain fell in Napier in an hour early on Tuesday night.