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![Focus: Accommodation issues in Greymouth as Gita hits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Focus: Accommodation issues in Greymouth as Gita hits
Authorities in Greymouth are making preparations for those who may be left without shelter as Cyclone Gita hits.
![Focus Live: Will wet weather ruin your weekend plans?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Focus Live: Will wet weather ruin your weekend plans?
Earlier: Tropical Cyclone Oma will likely crash into Australia's Queensland coast over the weekend but it doesn't mean New Zealand is safe from a barrage of wet and wild weather.
![Pot thief: Brazen man steals Auckland residents potplants](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Pot thief: Brazen man steals Auckland residents potplants
Brazen man steals Auckland residents potplants. Supplied by Jonathan Ackerman
![Focus: Greymouth prepares for Gita](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Focus: Greymouth prepares for Gita
Cyclone Gita is expected to hit the South Island's west coast today.
![Local Focus: Borzoi the Art Deco wolf hound](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Local Focus: Borzoi the Art Deco wolf hound
The Borzoi Club held its National Show at the Art Deco Festival in Napier. Maden with funding from NZ On Air.
![Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi on Tropical Cyclone Gita](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi on Tropical Cyclone Gita
Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi on Tropical Cyclone Gita after being briefed at MetService in Wellington. / Video by Mark Mitchell
![MetService meteorologist Lisa Murray on what to expect from Cyclone Gita](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
MetService meteorologist Lisa Murray on what to expect from Cyclone Gita
MetService meteorologist Lisa Murray gives an update on what to expect from Cyclone Gita. / Video by Mark Mitchell
![Preliminary study results show links between problem gambling and mental health issues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Preliminary study results show links between problem gambling and mental health issues
The preliminary results of Retina Rimal's study show links between problem gambling and mental health issues. / Video by Dean Purcell
![New Zealanders voice support for End of Life Choice Bill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
New Zealanders voice support for End of Life Choice Bill
New Zealanders voice support for End of Life Choice Bill. / Life Choice
![Focus: Malcolm Rewa gives evidence in retrial over 1992 killing of Susan Burdett](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Focus: Malcolm Rewa gives evidence in retrial over 1992 killing of Susan Burdett
Malcolm Rewa says he was in a secret sexual relationship with Susan Burdett but the prosecutor says Rewa is lying in an effort explain how his DNA was found at the crime scene.
![Focus: Cyclone Gita to be brief but damaging](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Focus: Cyclone Gita to be brief but damaging
The cyclone is expected to make a short-lived but potentially damaging landfall in various areas across New Zealand.
![PM Jacinda Ardern on Cyclone Gita and Pacific Mission](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
PM Jacinda Ardern on Cyclone Gita and Pacific Mission
Winston Peters said today it would be an honour to have the Pacific Mission led by the Prime Minister and it would be a further sign of the importance New Zealand attached to Pacific neighbours.
![Police investigating violent armed robbery at Massey bowling alley](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Police investigating violent armed robbery at Massey bowling alley
Police are investigating a violent aggravated robbery that occurred late last month at the Westgate Bowling alley in Westgate Shopping Centre, Massey. Three men have entered the bowling alley armed with a rifle and a pistol. / North Shore, Rodney & West Auckland Police
![Swan spotted on Northern Motorway](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Swan spotted on Northern Motorway
NZ Police are trying to clear a swan spotted on the Northern Motorway. Source: NZTA
![Local Focus: Submissions sought on mangroves management](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Local Focus: Submissions sought on mangroves management
Future of mangroves in Coromandel and Hauraki in hands of central government. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
![Pike River Recovery Agency chief executive Dave Gawn on his new role](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Pike River Recovery Agency chief executive Dave Gawn on his new role
Pike River Recovery Agency chief executive Dave Gawn talks about his new role.
![Young photographers organize Secondary School Photography Competition](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Young photographers organize Secondary School Photography Competition
Petra Patterson and Sally Zhang are co-project managers of the Bayleys Foundation New Zealand Secondary School Photography Competition. / Video by Greg Bowker
![MetService Severe Weather Warning: February 17th - 21st](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
MetService Severe Weather Warning: February 17th - 21st
MetService Severe Weather Warning: February 17th - 21st
![MetService Tropical Cyclone Gita Update: February 17th - 21st](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
MetService Tropical Cyclone Gita Update: February 17th - 21st
MetService Tropical Cyclone Gita Update: February 17th - 21st
![Manager of Vapo talks vaping](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Manager of Vapo talks vaping
Mitchell Lowe, Manager of Vapo Vaping shop talks vaping. / Michael Craig
![Lower Hutt dairy manager fights off robbers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Lower Hutt dairy manager fights off robbers
Security footage shows a Lower Hutt dairy manager fighting off robbers
![Greenpeace NZ's 'Janet the Whale' makes debut at Mission Bay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Greenpeace NZ's 'Janet the Whale' makes debut at Mission Bay
Greenpeace NZ climate campaigner Kate Simcock talks about Janet, the seventeen foot inflatable whale at Mission Bay on Saturday. / Video by Greg Bowker
![Bus reverses several hundred metres down busy state highway](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Bus reverses several hundred metres down busy state highway
Security camera footage outside a Whanganui petrol station shows a bus backing several hundred metres down a busy, 100km/h state highway after missing a turn off. / Supplied by Ray Stevens
![Generation Zero 'Bike to the Future 2.0' in support of biking infrastructure](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Generation Zero 'Bike to the Future 2.0' in support of biking infrastructure
Generation Zero's 'Bike to the Future 2.0' ride to show support for safe biking infrastructure in Grey Lynn. / Video by Jason Oxenham
![Local Focus: Taking the Bull Bag by the horns](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Local Focus: Taking the Bull Bag by the horns
Bulls gets rid of plastic bags and introduces the reuse-a-bull Bull Bag. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![MetService Severe Weather Update: February 16th - 20th](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
MetService Severe Weather Update: February 16th - 20th
MetService Severe Weather Update: February 16th - 20th