The prize was made up of $6m from Powerball first division and $500,000 from Lotto first division.

The skies are beginning to clear after last night's storm, but the respite may be short-lived, with thunderstorms and more heavy rain forecast for later today.

Wairoa butcher Kiri Gilbert believes any time is the right time to uplift a community, and he's done just that - through song. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Double fatality in National Park a family tragedy.

Lionel Patea was jailed for life for killing Tara Brown. The couple's young daughter is now parentless, and struggling.

A cold change sweeping up the South Island this afternoon has seen temperatures drop by double digits in 10 minutes.

It'll be a beautiful day in most parts of the North Island today.

A moderate quake rocks parts of the North Island.

Manuka honey industry, enhancing IT and entrepreneurship, and promoting cultural tourism all identified.

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

Gisborne woman seeks help to create a special memorial to her trucker husband and son, killed together in a road crash.

Labour says it would marry Gisborne's need for jobs with the country's need for housing.

Liv Fountain is desperately raising funds for life-changing spinal surgery in the US which will not only improve her spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, but could make her dream to walk up steps a reality. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

New Zealand is now experiencing the worst of the fire season, a top officer says, with a dangerous combination of high temperatures and low relative humidity creating tinder-dry conditions across eastern hot-spots.

Police were alerted to the crash, on the corner of Childers Rd and Lowe St, at about 12.40pm.

A large amount of offal spilled onto State Highway 2 west of Wairoa.

The 54-year-old man surfaced from a dive at Anaura Bay and collapsed.

It's a perfect summer's day in Waitangi and Auckland, but messy weather with gales and rain are expected in some parts of the country.

Wairoa District Mayor Craig Little says 2017 is about getting back to basics to spruce up shop fronts, roads, and footpaths to improve the town's visual identity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

We can expect normal temperatures in the coming months but less rain.

The weather's going to be (finally) glorious for most of the country.

Mayors in three of New Zealand's poorest districts - the Far North, Rotorua and Gisborne - want to take over central Government agencies in their areas to eradicate "entrenched poverty".

While the eastern region swelters in one of the most rain-deprived Januaries in more than a century, some western areas have been drenched.

An Australian lawyer is searching for Kiwi victims of serial paedophile Catholic priest Father Denis McAlinden. Alyce Johnson of

Tevita Lokotui, who plays the tuba in the school's brass band, is recovering after having his leg amputated at the knee as a result of the Christmas Eve bus crash.

Dozens of teachers were disciplined or struck off last year for sexual, inappropriate or aggressive behaviour towards students.

A man was attacked and his car stolen in the incident, police say.

Find out what place will be 31C on Auckland Anniversary weekend and read our list of the top five places to bask in the sun.

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.

Police have named the man killed in Wednesday's crash.