Bryce Dinneen has been named in this year's King's Birthday Honours.

The conservation leader has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

She couldn't sleep all weekend after hearing about the honour.

'We rebuild bodies to restore lives and that’s what we're trying to do.'

'I accepted it for my children, that they be proud of their mother when she’s not around.'

Pat Wyatt has received the Queen's Service Medal for services to netball.

'It has just been a lifetime passion. I can't see my life without it.'

'I think history will show that we have done a pretty damn good job.'

Brian Thorne had just minutes to get to safety when his pensioner unit flooded on Monday.

'I’ve lost absolutely everything ... Years of memories and things have gone.'

'It’s an opportunity to connect with organisations that we didn’t know existed.'

The developer will now be allowed to remove the remaining trees, council says.

Rotoiti and Mount Maunganui rugby clubs unit to celebrate a century of rugby.

Police have cordoned off the scene at Matahi Valley Rd in Eastern Bay of Plenty.

More Crown evidence has been heard.

Some accommodation providers have been described as unsafe.

It comes as second heart care laboratory opens at the hospital, meaning fewer transfers.

The mayor says there are upcoming projects that may help protect against future flooding.

'In this day and age, we can’t find something with the tracker on it, it’s a bit weird.'

Dave Parry loves his job so much, he drives 120km every day to go there.

The 38-test All Black prop answered an SOS from the injury-hit Crusaders on the weekend.

Brutal night-time attacks by dogs have left six sheep dead in Tikitere, Rotorua.

Twenty-two people died when the island erupted in 2019.