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Auckland deluge, motorway crashes as storm heads south
The South Island is expected to get drenched today.
Spring cold snap: Cold, wet day for most of the country
This week's cold snap will be replaced by warm and fine weather by the weekend.
Dire shortage of hotels and motels leaves Fieldays visitors scrambling
Exhibitors are staying in campervans due to city's lack of accommodation.
Blustery day for upper North Island, Gisborne to be drenched later tonight
Batten down the hatches - it's a windy day in the north.
Mass cull: Council calls time on geese at Huntly lake
SAFE says the council should be re-homing the geese rather than killing them.
Wet start and possible thunderstorms for North Island, snow in south
Bring out the brollies - it's going to be a wet and possibly thundery morning for some.
Phew!: Sun set to shine over Easter
The wet weather could put a damper on tonight's final 20/20 cricket match at Eden Park.
Weather: Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, damaging winds for North Island
It will be wet in most of the North Island over the next two days.
Potato chip shortage: Supply issues leave shelves bare
What do potato-lovers do when the chips are down?
Dumping in paradise: The efforts people go to avoid tip fees
The illegal dumping comes at a huge environmental and financial cost.
Councillors want answers over why contracts were granted exception from tender
Waikato Regional Council chairman defends council's 'white as snow' procurement process.
Man killed by falling tree near Paeroa
The man died after a tree fell on him this morning.
Game on - sports to resume under level 2
Hunters get ready - a delayed duck shooting season kicks off next Saturday.
Fruit and veges welcome sight for foodbanks
United Produce started providing produce boxes during lockdown and doesn't want to stop.
'It strengthened the idea that it's OK not to be OK': Film-maker
Young film-maker hopes new short film will encourage farmers to open up.
Waikato councils in a stink over leaky pipe
Matamata-Piako mayor says regional council didn't play fair in prosecuting his council.
Government urged to appoint Rural Health Commissioner
Rural doctor says rural people are not getting the same level of healthcare as city folk.
DOC and Motutapu Farms apologise for burying cows on heritage site
DOC and Motutapu Farms buried cows on archaeological site without consent.
Clean-up after raw sewage pours into Lake Taupō to take weeks
Eighty per cent of Taupō's wastewater poured straight into lake.
Cancer-sniffing canine to make public debut
Gumboots and raincoats the right attire for Fieldays this year.
Heartbreaking death of a 3-week-old baby: Her parents want to help others
"I still have days when I breakdown. Just stop work for five minutes and have a good cry."
Westland clean-up: Rubbish being retrieved, bridge repairs underway
Power restored to Haast, as storm clean-up expected to take weeks.
Live: Wild weather moves north after washing out bridge, roads, cutting power
The Waiho Bridge has been destroyed as a major autumn storm edges north.
Desperate plea for Mary the sheep
South Auckland childcare centre wants help bringing Mary home
Muslim workers turn up for shift at meat works day after attacks
Some Muslim meat workers still wanted to go to work after the Christchurch attacks
Road trip: Petrol pump relief just in time for summer
Petrol prices could continue to fall below $2 - just in time for the summer road trip
'Absolutely devastated': Family of teen swept off rocks
Missing Te Awamutu teen Jack Macnicol was adored by all his friends and family.
Teen swept from rocks had 'a bright future ahead of him'
Friends and family are still holding hope for the missing Te Awamutu teen swept off rocks.
Tūī flock to flowering kowhai tree
Residents in Wellington's York Bay can hear a constant chirping of tūī in their backyard.
Council to defend complaint alleging race-based policy
Waikato Regional Council to defend race-based policy claim.
Toll of the tempest: The town where summer stopped
A Hauraki town faces a huge clean up after a summer deluge.
Healthy rivers: Farmers claim 'conflict of interest'
A Fonterra and WRC manager who are brothers in law didn't think it was a conflict.
Southon debuts at Fieldays
Mark Southon reckons he can share cooking and dating tips to this year's rural bachelors.
UK farm worker killed near Matamata had just been promoted
A 24-year-old farm worker whose vehicle crashed into a ditch made a fateful decision to continue his journey home on foot.
Water crisis: Queues for supplies
Long-lines are forming at Mangawhai's only laundromat and bottles of water are flying out the door of its general stores as desperate residents try to secure supplies.
Tough times prove good for Fieldays
Near-record crowds flocked to Fieldays near Hamilton, making it one of the biggest years in the event's history.
Top of the crops: NZ's hottest farmers
Roasting marshmallows with a bunch of 5-year-olds was a different challenge altogether for this year's rural bachelor contestants.
$1.8m pricetag for pastors' pad
City Impact Church founders Peter and Bev Mortlock are selling their Whangaparaoa mansion - and its pricetag has surprised one church member.