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Get set for the wet: Front to hit NZ
Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as a power-packed, mid-week weather system hits.
Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as a power-packed, mid-week weather system hits.
Two houses were searched and a number of people were spoken to. No arrests have been made as yet.
One boy suffered head injuries and second a broken leg in the incidents.
District health boards are making their final preparations for the three-day strike by unionised resident doctors that starts tomorrow morning.
New Zealand Police have helped a grieving Japanese family to visit the Te Urewera site where their relative died in a fire nine years
Auckland public transport users will see a small bump in some fares later this month.
Waipuna Hospice has been attacked by thieves who ransacked the charity's Tauranga depot, making off with the hospice's signwritten van.
A precious carved club gifted to Rotorua Lakes Council in honour of late kaumatua Mauriora Kingi has been stolen.
Most of those injured in yesterday's Tongariro National Park bus crash have been discharged from hospital, tour boss says.
Prime Minister Bill English has revealed he voted for flag change, but says John Key's failed referendum on this issue showed the perils of politicians.
Some day, young Kiwi swimming star Annabelle Paterson wants to represent her country at the Olympic Games.
A record number of New Zealand students have received early round offers to some of the world's best tertiary institutions, including the Ivy League.
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Kiwi scientists have published another study exploring links between concussions suffered while playing rugby and long-term impacts on brain function.
Police have named the two people found dead at a house in Hawke's Bay yesterday.
Police were called after school holiday programme staff noticed a man talking to a child in the playground.
Immigrants to New Zealand are often quick to pick up our signature twang - but it seems one ex-pat hasn't lost its British accent more than a century after moving here.
A large vegetation fire that came within five metres of a new Blenheim subdivision and forced the evacuation of 60 homes was deliberately lit, authorities have confirmed.
Crews battling a suspicious vegetation fire near Blenheim are facing challenging conditions.
Prime Minister Bill English has visited the New Zealand memorial in Hyde Park after a day of Brexit meetings in London.
The main controversy has been the Prime Minister's decision not to front at Waitangi on February 6 because he would not be allowed to speak at the powhiri.
A repeat drink driver offender wants to ensure he stays off the road when he's intoxicated, but ACC refuse to fund his alcohol interlock.
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COMMENT: There many excellent reasons for the Prime Minister to stay away from Waitangi but being banned from speaking isn't one of them.
At least eleven international students from Korea are in limbo after an education agent ran away with their money, paid for school fees and living expenses.
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Central New Zealand has been rocked by a strong magnitude 4.5 quake.