Lunch-box favourite could be harder to find as bad weather affects crops and transport
Flooded orchards and slips on roads mean gaps in the supply of some fruit and veges.
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Bad granny: Woman, 85, evicted from social housing for 'bullying' neighbours
She verbally abused one and made repeated false accusations against others.
Over 20 slips after recent East Coast rain, two homes red-stickered
Two homes have red-stickered and evacuated, with more expected to come.
Local Focus: More rain for flooded Gisborne
The state of emergency has been lifted in Tairāwhiti but the rain continues to fall.
Local Focus: More rain for flooded Gisborne
The state of emergency has been lifted in Tairāwhiti, but the rain continues.
Brief respite in weather for Gisborne, severe gales to come for Auckland
MetService are warning even a small amount of rain could cause major damage.
Severe gale force winds in store for Auckland this week
The weather switches sides from east to west, with cooler temperatures in store.
Tairāwhiti local State of Emergency ends, district under orange rain warning
The district will unfortunately only get a brief respite from the bad weather.
'Dangerous conditions': Roads closed, water shortage as red warning hits Gisborne
The rain is expected to cause "dangerous conditions, significant flooding".
Labour MPs stake futures on winning Māori electorates
Two Labour MPs are opting for an electorate-or-nothing approach this election.
'If in doubt, move out': Te Karaka cut off as torrential rain hits Gisborne again
Civil Defence asks residents in low-lying areas not to wait for an official evacuation.
How Villa Maria's new owner plans to take brand to next level
Chief executive Duncan McFarlane says the business started to meet an 'insatiable demand'.
Affco fined $500,000 over worker’s ‘wholly avoidable’ death in freezer
A frame full of offal cartons fell and fatally crushed Alfred Edwards.
State of emergency: More heavy rain for Gisborne area
Civil Defence warns the weather will worsen Friday afternoon.
Local state of emergency for Tairāwhiti, residents evacuated, communities isolated
Gisborne was almost completely isolated by flooding and slips.
75 hours of rain: Local state of emergency for Tairāwhiti, 130 evacuated, all major roads closed, rivers rising
Prolonged heavy rain threatens to cause fresh slips and flooding across the North Island.
75 hours of rain: Residents in East Coast's Te Karaka self-evacuate, river levels continue to climb
Prolonged heavy rain threatens to cause fresh slips and flooding across the North Island.
Roads flooded in Tologa Bay, warning upgraded: Weather watches extended across NI
Heavy rain watches issued for Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty.
Meng Foon accepts he's resigned, doesn't rule out future work in public sector
The Race Relations Commissioner's intended resignation was earlier thrown into doubt.
‘I can’t be sure, sure’: Meng Foon tweaks claim PM’s office leaked his planned resignation
Foon's role is in the spotlight amid a conflict of interest issue.
Killer appeals conviction for brutal murder of Raymond Karl Neilson
Reuben Gibson-Park set his victim's body on fire after beating him to death.
Local Focus: 50 flipping years
They've been flipping kids since 1972, so Local Focus' Renae Lolohea gave it a go too!
'Kids lived in fear': Mum's years-long abuse of children with cords, spoons and fists
The children had black eyes and sores.
Father fights extradition to Australia to answer decade-old assault charge
The man said it would be unjust and oppressive if he was forced to leave his whānau.
Three areas where REINZ sees recovery: House price changes
Auckland is now at $995,000, the third month in a row its median is below $1m.
Ruatōria's Radio Ngāti Porou 'a beacon for the future'
The radio station's headquarters are in the small town of Ruatōria, north of Gisborne.
'Wall of silence': WorkSafe official admits fatality probe stalled by lack of evidence
'I just don’t have the information I need.'
Brett O’Riley: Time to set new infrastructure priorities
We have to be pragmatic and realistic, and open our doors to overseas funding.
Business leaders named in King's Birthday Honours
Vegetable-growing, IT, a four-day week, journalism: honours for leaders in their fields.
Lucky escape for grandfather trapped by 'neck-deep' floodwaters
Faint taillights in the dark led to 89-year-old man missing in a storm.
$1b bill for Govt and councils to buy out cyclone-hit homes
Zoning maps will reveal what Hawke’s Bay communities could be deemed unliveable.
‘Outrageous’: $9m of cyclone business support in Hawke’s Bay not spent
The number of grants paid hadn't been finalised, but leftover money would be returned.
Local Focus: Gisborne community rallies around family who lost it all
The Alexander's family home was destroyed by flooding after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Housing advocate takes aim at council over cyclone displacement
Toitu Tairāwhiti Builtsmart director Willie Te Aho has worked tirelessly to house people.