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Soil moisture levels across the North Island continued to decrease in the past week.

This week will be nothing like last week's wild thunder storms

Former Havelock North man rowing 170km from Hawkes Bay to Gisborne.

Complaints about voting experiences for those on the Maori roll have been aired.

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Parts of New Zealand get a taste of summer today.

The boot of Gisborne pivot Renee Holmes proved the difference in finals clash.

Fine reprieve for Tuesday and Wednesday this week likely to be followed with more rain.

A fiery space object in the sky over Gisborne last night disrupts rugby practice.

He has been spared a prison sentence because of his injuries.

Club history is all good but Napier Marist wants to map vision through Chatham Cup today

The quake struck 30km south-east of Matawai and was rated "strong" by GeoNet.

Find out what's happening in your region as Cyclone Cook sweeps in.

Enjoy the fine weather while it lasts because rain is on the way.

The inmate who died at Hawkes Bay Prison on Friday was Kolby Heta.

A body of a person killed in a car crash in a remote patch of Te Urewera is still in the car.

After four days of intense competition Te Kapa Haka o Whangara Mai Tawhiti were crowned the Te Matatini 2017 champions.

An 8-year-old boy who died alongside his father in a truck crash in the Hawke's Bay wanted to drive trucks just like his dad, family say.

What does a natural musician do after they've studied, taught music and sailed around the world performing on cruise ships? Open

Members of a shearing gang were injured this morning when the van they were in left the road and smashed into a tree.

Firefighters are returning to the scene of a major scrub fire that gutted a house, destroyed a shed and forced the evacuation of baches and homes in the Hawke's Bay.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged over an alleged sex attack on a woman in Gisborne on New Year's Day.

Emergency services are battling a scrub fire in Gisborne.

A Gisborne family have made a plea for the return of their stolen husky.

The MetService is forecasting rain for much of New Zealand today, perhaps ruining plans for post-party barbecues and sunbathing.

Final repairs were made this morning to high voltage lines which were brought down when a light plane crashed, killing the two people on board.

The man who added to the anxiety of Gisborne residents this week after warning of an earthquake insists he has "nothing to apologise for".

Power is expected to be restored before nightfall for Gisborne residents, the electricity company says.

The father of George Anderson, whose body was removed from rural Hangaroa yesterday afternoon, was also a pilot.