Comment: Credibility is on the line.

Cyclone Oma has swerved away from New Zealand, leaving in its wake a drizzly nuisance.

Earlier: Lime scooters - gone by lunchtime?

Weather update - heavy rain to hit Auckland

Earlier: Two poodles that "didn't look like dogs anymore", starved horses and a kitten dumped in a rubbish bin have made this year's SPCA List of Shame.

Earlier: Peters has made it clear in the past he is not a fan of a capital gains tax.

Earlier: Rents could rise and house prices fall if the government goes ahead with a capital gains tax, says the Tax Working Group.

Earlier: Police were made aware of both a bank robbery in Kawerau and a family harm incident about 9am today where the offender was reported to be armed.

Earlier: The Tax Working Group has recommended the Government implement a capital gains tax - and use the money gained to lower the personal tax rate and to target polluters.

Earlier: Salvation Army launches mobile trucks to combat predatory ones which charge up to 800% interest on food and clothes.

Earlier: The Canadian professor who became an internet sensation with a cult-like following has given his first performance in Auckland.

Earlier: A new political poll has brought more bad news for National leader Simon Bridges, showing the party down four points to 42 per cent and his personal polling also down a point to just 6 per cent.

Earlier: Internet giants face surprise New Zealand tax

Earlier: New Zealand's biggest seafood exporter Sanford has been having issues getting salmon exports to China cleared through Chinese ports

Earlier: Weddings bells could be chiming for former bachelor Art Green and his beau Matilda Rice today, with speculation a secret island wedding is on the cards.

Earlier: SkyCity convention centre had Grenfell Tower-like cladding: $25m to remove

Malcolm Rewa is on trial for a third time, accused of murdering Susan Burdett in 1992.

Earlier: Officials give update on Tasman fire situation

Earlier: Is it racist to refer to 'Asians' on a restaurant receipt?

Earlier: Wakefield residents who were forced to flee their homes to escape the fire risk could be allowed to return tonight, officials say.

Earlier: More than 20 years since he last faced trial over the killing, Malcolm Rewa walked into an Auckland courtroom today with his shoulders hunched and a ring hanging from his neck. For the third time the rapist stands before a jury accused of murdering Susan Burdett.

Earlier: Emergency teams are planning for a tricky day ahead as they hope to contain the Tasman blaze with stronger winds forecast today.

Prohibited activities include those where metal meets stone and that can generate sparks.

Earlier: Fire crews brace for at least 48 hours of hard firefighting ahead

Earlier: Hundreds of evacuated Tasman residents are entering a fourth day of uncertainty about the fate of their homes and livestock as a massive blaze near Nelson continues to burn.

Fire, police, and Civil Defence have reassured residents that evacuation was not a decision taken lightly, and they would get people back into their homes as soon as it was safe.

Earlier: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has praised firefighters tackling the "mammoth" Nelson bush inferno as a $20,000 relief fund was unveiled.

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Earlier:Firefighters have been working overnight to contain a devastating blaze in the Tasman district which has burned large tracts of land, destroyed homes and killed livestock.

Earlier: Man uses digger to save home from Tasman blaze