Thunderstorms, wind and a dumping of rain are expected across the country this week.

This year Kiwis will chomp through enough chocolate eggs to fill 23,000 chilly bins

Flood-stricken Bay of Plenty among many areas in line to get more wet weather.

Hawke's Bay highway drainage systems cleared in preparation for more rain.

Enjoy the sun while you can, rain is back from Wednesday

More than 500 people felt the quake shortly after 1am

Floodwaters or sanitation concerns, or both, are keeping Edgecumbe residents away.

A small number of Edgecumbe residents can go home today.

Enjoy the fine weather while it lasts as another storm is set to move over the country.

Flooding, evacuations and complete chaos - tropical storm Debbie brought it all to NZ.

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.

Police investigated a relationship between a man in his 50s and a teenage girl.

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.

New initiative against teen drinking, drugs.

Countdown is the first national retailer in New Zealand to make the commitment.