One person, in a moderate condition, was taken to Northland Base Hospital.

Canterbury and Otago are set to be battered with 70mm of rain over the next 24 hours.

Mum: "I've been waiting and waiting for this day to come."

Those in western areas of the South Island are more at risk for rain.

Police are not seeking anyone else in relation to the death.

Vector is readying power crews in Auckland as the active cold front approaches.

Kent Millar came home to find Chorus energy had erected a phone pole blocking his mailbox.

Brace yourself, New Zealand, few places will be dry by Sunday evening.

The thunderstorm follows a damaging tornado in Taranaki this afternoon.

The 1080 bait was damaged during flooding on the West Coast, then taken to the landfill.

The incident took place near the intersection of Wharemoana Rd and State Highway 2.

Emergency services were called to the accident about 32km north of Lake Taupo.

Skiing and boarding at Mt Ruapehu just got a whole lot more luxurious.

The first half of the year has been among the warmest on the books, Niwa says.

Urgent Algies Bay water rescue made in the pitch-black.

Man pulled from river and given CPR but he died at the scene.

Ridge of high pressure will bring fog and frost to many places overnight.

Regrets and grief one year on from the Waverley crash which claimed seven lives.

The incident took place in the Hauraki Plains earlier today.

Police confirm sudden death of 59-year-old man.

Man, 25, in custody after 12-hour standoff with police at a property in Onekawa.

St John transported one patient in a critical condition to hospital.

A ridge of high pressure is set to establish itself over much of the country this week.

Here comes the rain - Kiwis brace for a wet Sunday in the North Island.

Get the raincoats and umbrellas out, it's going to be a wet and thundery Sunday.

'Someone's going to need to put in a lot of money to renovate it'.

Police have warned fans watching tomorrow's Tonga v Kiwis game to be on best behaviour.

It's looking good tomorrow, but rain's on the way for some on Sunday.

Families of the people killed and injured in a train crash are being helped to get visas.