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Focus Live: Will wet weather ruin your weekend plans?

Earlier: Tropical Cyclone Oma will likely crash into Australia's Queensland coast over the weekend but it doesn't mean New Zealand is safe from a barrage of wet and wild weather.

Focus: Greymouth prepares for Gita

Cyclone Gita is expected to hit the South Island's west coast today.

Gita: States of emergency as weather worsens

Powerful swells, rain and winds are pounding NZ - and there are seven states of emergency.

Burgled professor: PM seeks answers

PM asks questions of intelligence agencies over burglary linked to China research.

Trampers, boaties urged to leave ahead of Cyclone Gita

Marlborough, Nelson and Tasman are bracing for the arrival of Cyclone Gita.

Focus: Could this kiwi e-bike change the way the world travels?

Two wheels, two motors, no emissions, no noise – the Ubco 2x2 electric bike promises to redefine how you ride, work and play.

Could this Kiwi e-bike firm change the way the world travels?

Kiwi 2x2 e-bike designed to handle steep dirt tracks just as well as flat urban roads.

Focus: Malcolm Rewa gives evidence in retrial over 1992 killing of Susan Burdett

Malcolm Rewa says he was in a secret sexual relationship with Susan Burdett but the prosecutor says Rewa is lying in an effort explain how his DNA was found at the crime scene.

Focus: Cyclone Gita to be brief but damaging

The cyclone is expected to make a short-lived but potentially damaging landfall in various areas across New Zealand.

MetService warning: 'Prepare for cyclone, be safe'

Clean your gutters. Check your pets. Stock those batteries. Cyclone Gita is en route.

Focus: Call for more transparency in NZ on gender, pay equality

Partners Life CEO Naomi Ballantyne talks pay equality in New Zealand.

Gender equity taking too long, forum told

Moves towards gender equity in New Zealand are taking too long, say business leaders.

Here comes Cyclone Gita: Everything you need to know

How damaging will the storm be when it hits? How long will it last? Is it just a fizzer?

Focus: Gita on track to hit NZ

Cyclone Gita is on track to hit New Zealand some time next week - here's what you need to do to prepare.

Friend of Sir Peter Blake's: 'Justice is done'

Old friend of Sir Peter's says justice has been done, but it won't bring his mate back.

Focus: Where is the best place to retire to in NZ?

The Herald has crunched the numbers and found the top five places to retire to in New Zealand.

Focus: Amazon pirate jailed over killing of Sir Peter Blake caught after 15 years on the run

Jose Irandir Cardoso was arrested at a routine stop by Brazilian police.

Peter Blake's killer caught after 15 years on the run

Fugitive pirate who killed 'world's greatest sailor' captured after 15 years on the run.