Emergency services are still working at the scene in Ardmore.

80-year-old man flown to Auckland City Hospital in critical condition.

Forest and Bird has shut its own reserves to dramatise a need to close all kauri forests.

Six Finn brothers went to World War I. Six came home, defying the odds.

Charlotte Carter finds this warm, inviting cafe is worth driving over the bridge for.

Good coffee and food overcome first impressions.

Give us this day ... the way our great-great-grandparents did it. Sort of.

Billy is small but perfectly formed.

Plates of perfection worth driving south for, especially for chocoholics.

$25,000 bill to clean up rogue operator's tyre dump near Clevedon.

The New Zealand Polo Open has been cancelled due to the rainfall of recent weeks.

Few occasions on the social calendar combine sport, fashion and hospitality like polo.

A life-sized horse sculpture and giant cake will make this year's event a colourful affair

A motorcycle and a car crashed in Clevedon this afternoon.

A new breed of schools is taking kids out of classrooms and letting them go wild.

The town of Clevedon southeast of Auckland was hit hard by yesterday’s Tropical Tempest.

A helicopter pilot organised an urgent flight for his bride to reach their wedding after she was stranded by flooding.

Little respite by those hit by deluge overnight, as more bad weather predicted over next 48 hours.

Several roads remain closed due to flooding, slips and fallen trees, specifically in the Kawakawa Bay and Clevedon areas.

A pilot was lucky to walk away from a plane crash in South Auckland unharmed today.

Access to the Splore Festival along the Clevedon-Kawakawa Road is blocked after a car crashed and toppled a power pole.

Firefighters have cut people out of two vehicles, after a fatal crash at Clevedon, southeast of Auckland.

Corrections Minister Judith Collins has announced she will run for the Prime Minister's job this afternoon.

More than 156 homes are without power in Auckland after two faults affected about 2000 households overnight.

An appeal for witnesses has been issued following a crash which killed a man in Auckland yesterday.

One person is dead and another injured after a car hit a tree near Clevedon.

A lightning strike to an Auckland house caused a power surge so strong, that a bathroom tile was blown off the floor and put a hole in the roof.

Gun-toting Sarah Ell becomes a member of the cool crowd for a high-flying adventure.

Elisabeth Easther straps on her helmet, hops on a mountain bike and lets gravity take its course.

Emergency services are at the crash scene near Clevedon.