Polytech and vocational training leaders meet in Manukau tomorrow to map a survival plan.

Wet and wild weather to hit almost a week after ex-Cyclone Gita.

The storm has split in two and continues to ravage Canterbury and the lower South Island.

Flights have been cancelled and roads are closed as Cyclone Gita begins to be felt.

The 26 students will hunker down in cabins during the cyclone.

Powerful swells, rain and winds are pounding NZ - and there are seven states of emergency.

Marlborough and West Coast camps fill up as tourists seek a safe haven before the storm.

Marlborough, Nelson and Tasman are bracing for the arrival of Cyclone Gita.

A rescue helicopter has been dispatched to a car crash at Smiths Overbridge near Blenheim.

Sharp social media reaction to the Kiwi wine brand using Aussie grapes.

Montana wines has ditched Kiwi grapes for Aussie ones to save money.

You think it's been hot so far this summer? Wait till tomorrow.

The robber draws a vicious-looking knife than proceeds to plunder the shop of its till.

The trees are believed to have been cut down so campers could have sea views.

A truck crash has closed SH63 between Kawatiri and Renwick in the Tasman district.

Heavy winds are set to batter the lower half of the country until mid-afternoon.

7.5 metre waves recorded off Wellington; firefighters deal with 543 weather-related calls.

Quake-repaired Kaikoura road shut by weather

Paymark's sales data also hints at what you might get in your stocking this year.

A man who died when his tractor rolled had just helped rescue a mate.

Relief as quake highway reopens

A section of land in Marlborough Sounds has been put up for sale in cryptocurrency Bitcoin

The fine weather seen around most of the country continues today.

Hundreds of deer carcasses reported after the Molesworth 1080 drop to fight tuberculosis.

Local Government Commission rejects secession bids by Northern Rodney and Waiheke Island.

A second round of thunderstorms are brewing after yesterday's downpours

Convicted double murderer Scott Watson has filed a new appeal, citing new forensic report.

Keen hunter Cameron Young, 37, was last seen in Kaituna, Marlborough.

Another moderate size earthquake rattles central New Zealand.

Dozens of people, including the army, were involved in the operation.