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Summer temperatures hit 30C
Parts of the North Island are expected to hit 30 degrees today, with Hawke's Bay getting the biggest dose of the sun's rays.
Parts of the North Island are expected to hit 30 degrees today, with Hawke's Bay getting the biggest dose of the sun's rays.
Canterbury's Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to drive with caution while the Lewis Pass alternate highway (State Highway 7)
Patched members and associates of the Head Hunters gang arrested in a series of armed raids across Christchurch this morning have appeared in court.
A new satellite-based tool published by Landcare Research has provided one of the clearest views yet of what changes last month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake wrought on the landscape.
The Head Hunters members were charged with offences ranging from participation in an organised crime group to supplying the class-A controlled drug methamphetamine.
Nearly a dozen dams formed by landslides in the devastating Kaikoura quake are being closely monitored for fear of collapsing.
Waikato DHB breached national targets in October and November for the number of patients waiting too long to see a specialist.
Motorists travelling the alternative route between Christchurch and Picton have been caught up in heavy congestion today, as traffic pressure mounts on the post-quake thoroughfare.
The former astronaut, who became ill while visiting Antarctica, has been told to rest up in Christchurch while congestion in his lungs clears.
From Monday milk tankers and other essential freight will be given access in and out of Kaikoura.
The more porn a man watches, the less sexually intimate he is with his female partner, a new study suggests.
The second man to walk on the moon has been evacuated from Antarctica to New Zealand suffering respiratory problems.
In a meeting with residents last night, Civil Defence staff confirmed two thirds of the village can't return to their homes just yet.
A second baby blue penguin has been welcomed to Picton's EcoWorld.
Govt says a public message about unusual seismic activity under the North Island was not a cause for alarm.
A message from Pope Francis will be delivered this weekend to Kiwis affected by last month's Kaikoura earthquake.
A Christchurch builder who shone a laser pointer at an international passenger jet carrying 121 passengers, dazzling flight crew, has today been jailed for 10 weeks.
Nicole Smith has been found safe on a rural road west of Timaru.
INTERACTIVE: Dams created by landslides in this month's 7.8 quake have been pin-pointed on a detailed new map created by GNS Science and Environment Canterbury.
An HIV-positive Christchurch nursing assistant is accused of having unprotected sex with Grindr dates.
When Stevie arrived and saw Richie McCaw standing in front of a helicopter she was "gobsmacked, speechless", her mother said.
This cutie was amazingly discovered five days after the 7.8 magnitude quake.
In road rage incident, man rammed five people into the Avon River, before saying "I'm John f***ing Savage and don't you forget it." He then drove off.
Bills to allow the dredging of Kaikoura Harbour and other quake recovery work will pass under Urgency in Parliament today.
A truck and car were involved in a serious accident north of Christchurch this morning.
The signs of summer are among us with pohutakawa trees flowering already and forecasters say the official first day of the season on Thursday will be calm and dry.
Compared to other fibres, yak wool is more sustainable because yaks aren't farmed specifically for wool.
An 18-year-old university student cycled over two hours along Kaikoura's quake-stricken coastline driven by one goal - to catch a flight.
The Government will urgently pass quake recovery laws which allow landslips in the South Island to be cleared into the ocean without consent.
A Dunedin mother-of-three missing since Thursday last week is in Australia, police have confirmed.