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Heartbreak, community spirit as flooding hits homes
Mop-ups under way already but torrential rain continues to fall.
Mop-ups under way already but torrential rain continues to fall.
People in parts of Canterbury are being ordered to head to higher ground.
River levels have been falling but it could take two or three more days to drain.
Dozens of schools are closed and residents are on standby as heavy rain continues to fall.
Ashburton is preparing for mass evacuations as the river rises and heavy rain continues.
Forecaster says an "atmospheric traffic jam" is helping drive wild weather in Canterbury.
Heathcote River in Chch has broken its banks and next high tide will bring new flooding.
Floodwaters in Canterbury have exceeded warnings "by a huge magnitude", Fed Farmers says.
The matter was expected to come back to council later this week.
Ashburton appeared on a handful of lists of one of the worst town slogans in the country.
Hilsley Short was left anxious and stressed about providing for his family.
Kiwi comedy pioneer David McPhail reflects from his rest home bedroom.
Teenage sisters Tayla and Sunmara Alexander died in the November 2019 crash.
Inquest into the death of a mother and her two young children begins.
A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said they were called to the blaze at about 6.23am.
Maritime NZ says it was lucky nobody died.
Herald podcast A Moment In Crime looks at the murder of Grace Millane in Auckland.
Firefighters responded to two house fires in the South Island overnight.
"We're very reluctant to let it go," Owner Kevin Stewart said.
A front making its way up the country is expected to peter out as it moves north.
A Moment In Crime podcast looks at the case of Southland toddler Amber-Lee Cruickshank.
Organisation a lifeline for parents of boy with unique variant of his condition.
Waka Kotahi NZTA has revealed where the worst traffic hotspots are predicted to be today.
A severe thunderstorm warning has now been issued for Gisborne and Wairoa.
Episode 14 of Herald podcast A Moment In Crime focuses on the death of Lauren Biddle
Report shows farm profitability across Ashburton District expected to decline.
The golden ticket was sold at Melody's New World in Palmerston North.
A Moment In Crime episode 13 looks back at the 1990 Aramoana mass shooting and siege.
Episode 12 of NZME podcast A Moment In Crime looks back at the Ashburton Winz murders.
Temperatures will be up to 12C above average in places - but don't get too comfortable.