Tasman fires: 'Our home is not far away from the fire. Everybody's worried'
Terry Coleman isn't sure if he'll have a home to go back to.
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Focus: Insurance summit at Wellington
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Fireman fighting Nelson blaze faces 'unfair' deportation
Online petition pushing for man fighting Nelson blaze to be spared.
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Tomorrow Malcolm Rewa will defend for the third time a charge that he is also a murderer.
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Strong winds the 'biggest enemy' for Tasman firefighters
Nearly 900 properties were evacuated in the Wakefield area on Friday.
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Focus: Wynton Rufer reunites with man who saved his life
Former football star Wynton Rufer reunited with the man who saved his life, Nick Moss, for the first time at the scene in Parnell where Wynton suffered a heart attack and stopped breathing. Nick was one of the first on the scene and carried out CPR until help arrived.
Focus: Upper Hutt Prison are running a kitten fostering programme
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'He's a tough little bugger': Little battler defies heart fears
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Focus: Firefighters continue to battle Tasman blaze that shows no signs of stopping
Civil Defence and Fire Services say there is no indication of the current situation ending as the Nelson-Tasman fire continues to burn.
Focus: Officials give update on multiple Tasman fires
The fire wreaking havoc near Nelson is burning into its fifth day, covering 2100ha with a perimeter of 27km. / Video by Mark Mitchell
Focus: World's longest waterslide rolls out in NZ for final time
Today is the last chance for Kiwis to get wet and wild as the world's longest waterslide is open for one last time at Bethells Beach this afternoon at 2pm.
Focus: Nelson resident's home narrowly saved from fire just beyond her backyard
Ground crews will continue to work through the night after Nelson residents were evacuated after a second fire broke out in Walters Bluff.
Focus: Wakefield evacuated; Pigeon Valley residents must leave homes
Nelson residents near Walters Bluff are being evacuated due to a new fire. Meanwhile, the town of Wakefield is also being evacuated after fire chiefs fears that a northerly wind is picking up and could threaten the town. Video by Mark Mitchell
Focus: Waka ama race through Auckland retraces 800-year-old Tainui route
If you see a trail of waka in the streets of South Auckland this weekend, it'll be paddlers retracing an 800-year-old route established by Tainui warriors.
Focus Live: Fire crews brace for at least 48 hours of hard firefighting ahead
Earlier: Fire crews brace for at least 48 hours of hard firefighting ahead
Focus: Endangered gulls found dead in Rotorua
The Department of Conservation are attempting to ascertain the identities of two individuals seen pointing BB guns at the rare gulls.
Focus Live: Dramatic scenes as Tasman blaze continues to burn
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.
Air NZ's safety videos stink. Here's how to fix them.
Air NZ want a new Head of Safety videos. Karl Puschmann says he's the man for the job.
Inquiry into deaths of endangered gulls: Do you recognise these men?
Images show two men with firearms, pointing them at the gulls.
Matthew Hooton: Divorce looms for Labour and NZ First
To survive, Winston Peters' party has to split from Labour — or move into the spare room.
Waka ama race through Auckland retraces 800-year-old Tainui route
The race which tells the story of some of the area's first explorers enters its 27th year.
Focus: School tells 17-year-old student to shave off his beard
A school has told 17-year-old student Brody Hide to shave off his beard.
Pigeon Valley Fire: Further evacuations, Govt set up $20,000 relief fund
Yesterday the 1900-hectare fire was reduced by 300-hectares.
Keep your phones on: Wakefield residents told to prepare for possible evacuation overnight
Wakefield residents have been warned they may need to flee during the night.
Nelson bush fire: Residents given temporary access to check on properties
More evacuations underway as a result of Pigeon Valley Fire as winds, humidity increase.
TV star builder 'Cocksy' dies
John 'Cocksy' Cocks starred as a celebrity builder on a number of Kiwi TV programmes.
Focus: Camp director Paul Schutt speaks after Nelson fire evacuation
Teapot Valley Christian Camp director Paul Schutt speaks after he was evacuated from their property near Richmond, Nelson following the fire.
'RIP mate - loved watching your show' - Kiwis pay tribute to Cocksy
John 'Cocksy' Cocks, 52, died yesterday after battling kidney cancer.
Nelson bush fire: Horror as farmer puts down 60 burned sheep
The farmer said it was "an accident waiting to happen" with so much dry grass around.