'Challenging times ahead': Real costs of devastating North Island storms emerge
Long clean-up ahead and millions in uninsured crop and stock loss.
Long clean-up ahead and millions in uninsured crop and stock loss.
Wairoa is a town on the rise, say proud locals and the district's equally proud mayor.
Rainfall of up to 40mm an hour is forecast in Northland this evening.
Parts of State Highway 35, hammered by March's storm, have been described as a "disgrace".
About 70 people took part in the protest in Napier.
MetService has warned of winds gusting up to 100km/h on the East Coast.
Plans to close regional control towers, announced when Covid hit, have been reversed.
The cost of housing people in emergency motels has hit a record in Hawke's Bay.
Operation Bloodhound has led to another arrest.
Tairāwhiti and Wairoa will collaborate with recovery work from over a week of heavy rain.
Man's injuries no accident, say police
A heavy rain watch remains in place for Wairoa, as the rain largely seems to diminish.
Road closures, power outages and a 'boil water' notice continue after days of flooding.
Heavy rain warning stays in place for the region.
Just four North Island shearing competitions this summer. There should have been 32.
That brings the number of active community cases across the country to 11,601.
The record was 222 daily community cases on November 16 last year.
The Ministry of Health has reported one new possible Omicron case in Auckland.
The worst of the week's wet weather has passed for Hawke's Bay.
There are 93 people in hospital with Covid, nine of whom are in ICU or HDU.
Severe weather warnings have been issued for parts of the North Island.
Jacinda Ardern is on a quickfire tour of the eastern North Island to promote getting jabs.
Top cop says for as little as $34 a steering wheel lock could deter car thieves.
Hawke's Bay residents disappoint police with lockdown breaches
Two vehicles had driven close to 500km before being told to turn around and go home.
About 80 fishery officers searched eight East Coast homes with police in support.
Our best exporters honoured.
Nearly double the NZ average reported experiencing hate speech online in the past year.
Niko was 24 when he was fatally injured near Te Haroto on August 22, 2016.