A father and daughter found in a missing boat off Waiheke Island are under tow to safety.

Coastguard aircraft resumes search for father and daughter lost off Great Barrier Island.

Search continues for two people missing during a fishing competition off Great Barrier Is.

A father and daughter are overdue after a fishing competition at Great Barrier Island.

The man, in his 30s, was in good spirits despite his ordeal, chopper staff say.

Temperatures fell almost a degree below zero at one weather station.

The 2018 census is an important social accounting exercise, says one academic.

HMNZS Wellington rescuing woman with fractured leg from Great Barrier Island.

The weather already has led to one postponement - the Auckland Pride Dog Show.

Diverse population spurs students to learn other nations' languages.

Police will be out patrolling Auckland's waters this summer to educate and save lives.

An eco-tourism business owner is shocked at waste littering Great Barrier Island beaches.

An Hauraki Gulf island takes conservation to the sky, becoming a sanctuary for stargazers.

Transience has hit a record high in low-decile schools as the housing crisis hits children

Steady rainfall is forecast as a low makes its way slowly down the North Island.

Hunker down - days of rain, gales and snow are on the way.

School hires skipper to ferry students off Great Barrier Island in rough weather.

Boaties in strife have kept Coastguard crews busy in the northern region this weekend, with multiple people rescued from stricken vessels.

Man flown to hospital after falling onto his neck.

A fisherman who was missing near Great Barrier Island, northeast of Auckland, has been found dead on his boat.

A Coastguard plane is up looking for a man who is overdue from a fishing trip at Great Barrier Island.

Proposed new marine protected areas, rules for polluters and changes to commercial fishing methods have been revealed in a long-awaited master plan for the Hauraki Gulf.

A stretch of Great Barrier Island that also hosts one of the country's largest marine graveyards is being sold.

Squally thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast to hit the North Island overnight, with a severe weather watch in place.

Great Barrier Island: a remote gulf paradise we associate with lush forests, deserted white sand beaches and - this weekend - aliens.

A woman has been flown to hospital after she was run over by her own car on Great Barrier Island yesterday.

A scenic bush walk through the heart of Great Barrier Island has been re-opened almost two years after it suffered extensive damage in a ferocious storm.

A member of a diving party says conditions were perfect for night-time diving when two men drowned at Great Barrier Island.

The names of two men who died off Great Barrier Island and were thought to have been freediving at night when they disappeared can now be reported.