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Big wet, bone-dry: A tale of two summers
While the eastern region swelters in one of the most rain-deprived Januaries in more than a century, some western areas have been drenched.
While the eastern region swelters in one of the most rain-deprived Januaries in more than a century, some western areas have been drenched.
A severe weather warning has been issued for the South Island as heavy rain and strong winds bear down on the country.
What's in store weatherwise for the upcoming long weekend?
New Zealand King Salmon has six farms in the Marlborough Sounds that the company wants to relocate.
Batten down the hatches, another southern storm bears down on the country.
A small Southland town has been completely cut off after this weekend's wild weather.
But the good news is that the bad weather should clear by Sunday and hopefully we'll be on track for some real summer feels.
Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as the mid-week weather system hits.
Allegations of widespread stock theft across the lower South Island have rocked Otago's farming community, which collectively could
There is a severe weather warning in parts of the South Island today, where heavy rain is expected.
Severe thunderstorms - with marble-sized hail and flooding rainfall - are expected to hit the upper South Island today, MetService warns.
A badly quake-damaged stretch of State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura could be reopened by mid-December, says Simon Bridges.
South Island police are investigating the incident that occurred at the Paringa Salmon Farm Café, South Westland.
An out-of-town beekeeper who parked up in Westport to eat his lunch yesterday afternoon left a trail of angry bees behind him.
Summer will be well and truly here this week with temperatures expected to soar to 29C in some parts.
Animal control officers were alerted to a "large, rogue goat" that was reported disrupting traffic in Oamaru.
Compared to other fibres, yak wool is more sustainable because yaks aren't farmed specifically for wool.
Sticky, humid weather awaits the country this summer as a weak La Nina brings muggy weather particularly in northern areas.
First there were "quake cows", now a lamb has been plucked to safety in Canterbury.
Emergency supplies have finally landed in a cut-off community just 22km north of Kaikoura.
This could be the perfect postcard of rural New Zealand ... but this rural idyll has become the Ground Zero of Monday's mammoth magnitude-7.8 earthquake.
A 27 truck military convoy battled poor weather and the threat of more landslides to deliver 8860ltrs of fuel and 10,000ltrs of water to Kaikoura today.
Farmers and the fishing industry get $5 million relief package.
The changes to the freight routes in and out of Canterbury have seen an 18 per cent increase in cost.
LIVE BLOG: US warship on its way to Kaikoura as aftershocks continue to shake the North Canterbury region.
Mid Canterbury farmers are on standby to take dairy cows from quake-affected North Canterbury dairy farmers.
Three cows left standing on an island of land have drawn international attention.
Heavy rain and wind is forecast to batter the upper South Island and lower North Island this afternoon.
Reports of damage are emerging and tsunami waves are starting to hit the east coast of New Zealand following a series of strong earthquakes around the country.