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Pink skies ahead of deluge
Spectacular pink sunrise described as a 'foreboding beauty' by MetService forecaster.
Spectacular pink sunrise described as a 'foreboding beauty' by MetService forecaster.
The environmentally-fragile dune lake near Tokerau Beach on the Karikari Peninsula has been exposed to oil and lubricants as well as fish and weed pests.
A German tourist is considering leaving the country after thieves stole all his possessions in Tutukaka.
A house fire in Whanganui this afternoon led emergency services to cordon off a street. Barrack St was cordoned off from Somme Parade
It's going to be a wet in the North Island but best get the woollies out if you head down south.
A jury trial for six men over the largest seizure of methamphetamine ever in the country will be April next year.
The New Zealand Defence Force and Ministry of Defence must now find a new headquarters for hundreds of staff.
A cold change sweeping up the South Island this afternoon has seen temperatures drop by double digits in 10 minutes.
Kauri Dam near Kaitaia has been leaking for "donkey's years" but it's recently changed.
Two youths have been arrested in relation to a Wairoa fire which blazed through at Netball Pavilion last week.
A $1.12 million Whangarei house will be sold to pay debt from the Masala Indian Restaurant chain.
The average wedding can cost couples $30,000, but if you could do it for under $3,000 (with everything taken care of), would you?
Cellphone company comes to the rescue, after helper loses phone at crash scene.
Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall has rejected a report by the Maxim Institute suggesting many regions like his will drop or stagnate within three decades. Made with funding from NZ On Air
Stirling Sports hadn't even replaced its shop front before it was ram raided for the second time in five weeks. At around 12.30am
A lack of Spark reception up North means more people are being denied home detention, and instead going to jail.
WATCH: The way a Black Power gang couple exchanged their wedding vows is going viral.
While autumn starts this week, summery weather is expected to continue for a while.
A stray cat found in a loose leg-hold trap has had to be put down.
North Island Showjumping Champs in Tauranga 'fantastic', says organiser.
It's now thought nobody was home when a Mangakino home went up in flames this morning.
A body of a person killed in a car crash in a remote patch of Te Urewera is still in the car.
COMMENT: On a road trip to settle his youngest son into university and as he prepares for an empty nest, Andrew Dickens is proud of his country - and his boys.
'The Boss' Bruce Springsteen and the annual Pride Parade headlined a 'Super Saturday' for the City of Sails yesterday.
Mike King's appearance at the piggery near Levin helped in the campaign to ban on sow crates.
Nana relishes time with her granddaughter at national kapa haka festival Te Matatini in Hastings.
An ancient fossil of a giant penguin - discovered near Kawhia in 2006 and estimated to be 28 million years old - has become an official
A woman living near a property where five people were injured in a gang-related shooting heard glass smash and a man yelling 'help
Levin teenager Erin Buckland was stunned to meet and train with her Black Cap heroes in Wellington.