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Cheer amid despair: How $10.3m Lotto win brought joy to cyclone-ravaged Wairoa

A massive Lotto win gave Wairoa residents something to celebrate after a 'tough year'.

122km/h: Tonga eruption triggered the fastest underwater flows ever recorded

Last year’s gargantuan Tonga eruption created the fastest underwater flows ever recorded.

Death toll from fierce storms and flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria rises

Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of seven more people.

Omāhu Marae to host special Waiata Māori Music Awards show

Friday evening's show includes a star-studded line-up of Māori performers.

Heavy downpours to hit North Island, tree falls in Herne Bay

As temperatures rise during the first week of spring, the rain will continue to fall.

'Stale, not relevant': Engineer behind collapsed CTV building wants complaint dismissed

Alan Reay's lawyer says "no need for accountability", "no public interest” in pursuing it.

Hawke's Bay residents fighting to stay in homes welcome National's cyclone Ombudsman

The Prime Minister has suggested the move would add another layer of bureaucracy.

'Dealing with them their own way': Vigilante justice, claims looters assaulted at cyclone-damaged homes

'If I was a big burly guy and confronted someone on my property, I would do the same.'

Hawke's Bay farmer rapt to move out of Category 3; others still fighting ahead of deadline

'I said to them, well I shouldn't be in Category 3.'

Passing the buck: How All Blacks halfback raised funds for Hawke's Bay

Brad Weber's passes equated to Cyclone Gabrielle relief funds for his province.

'We are in this little lost category': Cyclone property owners still waiting for answers

Category 2P homeowners are running out of time - and money - while they wait for answers.

‘We’ve lost everything’: Owners of unsaleable, uninsurable homes hit back

After a year, people are still waiting for information after flooding destroyed homes.

Amanda Singleton: Cruel mental toll of flood events

OPINION: 'The aftermath of these extreme events leaves scars.'

Why public servants are remaining in an earthquake-risk building

In 2022 there was a spate of snap building closures, but these office workers are staying.

Editorial: Tragic lessons from Hawaiian inferno

OPINION: Every disaster is an opportunity to learn and prepare, our editorial says.

Exploding cars, bodies in the harbour: How a holiday paradise became a nightmare

Families recount what happened when wildfires turned their vacations into a nightmare.

'Big relief': Napier and Hastings get another commuter bridge

Something to toot about as a bridge smashed by the cyclone reopens after six months.

Net loss: Double rāhui for Hawke's Bay whitebait ahead of season opening

A whitebait ban is in place - and a stalwart is not happy with the timing.