Overnight, some residents of Wakefield have been evacuated.

They were told it wasn't safe but they couldn't leave the pigs trapped inside a pen.

Warm day, light winds but no rain forecast today for Tasman fire zone

Yesterday the 1900-hectare fire was reduced by 300-hectares.

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More evacuations underway as a result of Pigeon Valley Fire as winds, humidity increase.

It is another sunny day for the tinder dry Tasman region with rain likely a week away.

Dredging to start at Northport, at Marsden Pt, on Monday.

US facility will not seek accreditation - tap turned off for new fruit varieties.

Mānuka Farming New Zealand poised to provide expert advice on plantation establishment.

Felix Bernstein says his customers will no longer be chartered in Robinson R44's.

We'll be spared worst of the extreme winds causing havoc in Australia, but it'll be wet.

Affected residents form committee, recovery manager appointed.

There will be limited road access to Cyclone Gita-ravaged Takaka from tomorrow.

Rivers burst their banks and locals fled their homes as a deluge from Gita caused flooding

Some Tasman residents remain cut off as the country cleans up after ex-cyclone Gita.

Trees and Bees owner Ricki Leahy says the loss is absolutely devastating.

Heavy rain and strong winds are set to hit the north of NZ this weekend.

Pesticide caused damage to Royal Gala crops in Nelson, Tasman and Hawke's Bay orchards.

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New Zealand is in for a relatively dry day today with areas of morning cloud and isolated showers in the north, clearing around midday and becoming mostly sunny.

It's beginning to feel like summer in some parts of the country, with pohutukawa bursting into bloom. "People have been getting a

An early morning hunting trip turned to disaster for two women when the quad bike they were on plunged over a cliff.

A woman feeding stock on a Nelson farm died in a quadbike accident.

A 5-year-old girl killed when the motorbike she was riding hit a fence may have panicked while on the machine, a coroner says.