Red Cross teams are warning residents to keep safe overnight.

Devastation wreaked by ex-Cyclone Debbie sends the country into cleanup mode today.

The Wellington man who slashed hundreds of tyres has been sentenced to 22 months in jail.

An Auckland cliff is showing signs of collapsing.

Motorists are urged to take care on the way home - but the worst is to come tomorrow.

Dire weather is predicted across the North Island as the remnants of Debbie make landfall.

Bags of synthetic cannabis were found stashed in a roof of a house.

Virtually no region in the North Island will escape the torrential rains.

A storm is bearing down on the country bringing heavy rain and destructive gales.

Two men plead guilty to attacking male and female overseas tourists at Ahipara.

It's a sunny end to a week of crazy weather but there's more rain on the horizon.

Family thank public support and speculate on what may have happened to missing fisherman.

This unusually damp, sticky weather is going to last for another week.

A Napier man has been sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment for rape.

Tauranga residents are rubbish at recycling.

A Northland horsewoman will be bringing home the horse she tamed within 3 hours.

Extra services will be put on to deal with a massive backlog at Wellington Airport.

Woman last seen at a Coromandel campground two months ago left her bag behind.

If it continues, recent wet weather will put this year's vintage at risk.

A marae hit by floods eight times since 2003 is to be rebuilt out of reach of floodwaters

"They don't know if he's going to be able to breathe for himself."

Dame Tariana Turia questions whether we should pay GPs to gather smoking data.

Bay brigade volunteers faced numerous testing scenarios in a few short hours.

Weather for Adele's concert tonight forecast to be worst of star's three Auckland dates.

Pursuit of motorcycle rider had ended before crash, police say.

The 7.8 quake moved parts of the South Island more than 5 metres closer to the North.

Ministry launches investigation into the killing of a pig in pound.

Four liquor outlets in Northland have been caught selling booze to minors.

Five months of home detention ordered for businessman guilty of exploitation.

Whangarei police increase patrols after three aggravated robberies in 15 days.