Ex-cyclone Fehi is sweeping across the country today bringing wild weather to most parts.

Fierce competition in shearing and woolhandling at the Taihape A & P Show

Ken Lupton flies the flag for Waverley after round one of Hydro Thunder series

Damien O'Connor has extended drought classification to Otago and Southland.

Heatwave set to continue for another two days but weather could turn nasty from Thursday.

Forecast picks heatwave to give way to drenching from ex-tropical storm.

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

Another day, another weather record bites the dust.

Auckland Anniversary Weekend promises to be special. It shouldn't be missed.

New Zealanders are struggling for relief with uncomfortably high overnight temperatures.

Flash flooding on Auckland's North Shore as thunder cell moves over region.

Temperatures stayed above 20C in Wellington last night – 7C warmer than usual for January.

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One person has died and at least eight other people have been injured in serious crashes.

Another spell of wet weather is expected to saturate western and northern NZ.

Virus will be pitted against pathogen in a new effort to help our hard-working honeybees.

People in the Far North were treated to some flashy space fireworks late last night.

Beachgoers were met by a strange sight at one of Auckland's most popular beaches today.

Record "marine heatwave" could fuel a low-pressure system forecast to hit NZ next week.

A dozen homes in the Hauraki District have been marked as uninhabitable.

Uh-oh. Higher than normal rainfall forecast for most of the country in the next two weeks.

We don't feel "slow slip" quakes. But they could be priming fault zones for future jolts.

Diver Leroy Smith's body was found near where he went missing at a Masterton beach.

Five star Bay of Islands luxury hotel top of the pack for ratings, reviews and feedback.

Scientists have begun a sprawling health check of hundreds of New Zealand lakes.

Storm-damaged Half Moon Bay ferry terminal has been deemed safe by engineers.

There are now no warnings in place anywhere in New Zealand.

Thousands are still without power - and one Franklin man isn't happy about the wait.

There will be showers for most of the country next week; no severe weather is forecast.

This week Aotearoa has been the land of the long wet storm. Now, the clean up begins