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![Almost third of NZ lakes have poor water quality - report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Almost third of NZ lakes have poor water quality - report
Nick Smith has called for NZ to improve its fresh water management after a report found almost a third of lakes have poor water quality.
![Locals, anglers rue loss of top fishing spot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Locals, anglers rue loss of top fishing spot
Access to one of NZ's top fishing rivers has been closed - upsetting local tourism operators and anglers throughout the country.
![Feathers fly when Aragorn stirs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Feathers fly when Aragorn stirs
A surly swan is terrorising a stretch of Nelson's Maitai River - chasing kids, harassing a woman with a pram and having a hissy fit at a kayaker.
![Chaos threatens city in standoff](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Chaos threatens city in standoff
A 54-year-old NZ army veteran involved in an eleven-hour standoff with Brisbane police has been seen dousing his yacht with liquid from a jerry can.
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Brisbane standoff
A 54-year-old New Zealand army veteran is at the centre of a standoff with police in Brisbane, causing parts of the CBD to be put into lockdown.
![Women 'lucky' to survive after botched tramp](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Women 'lucky' to survive after botched tramp
Two Christchurch women were rescued by helicopter from Arthur's Pass National Park today.
![Trip ends in tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Trip ends in tragedy
A hunting trip turned to tragedy when a group tried to raft out of a remote part of Eastern Bay of Plenty on a swollen river.
![Flooded roads leave Gisborne virtually isolated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Flooded roads leave Gisborne virtually isolated
Heavy rain has left Gisborne virtually cut off, with surface flooding closing roads and forcing the evacuation of homes.
!['Extreme caution' urged as heavy rains persist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Extreme caution' urged as heavy rains persist
Heavy rain is lashing the North Island's East Coast, leaving dozens of homes without power and closing rural schools and roads.
![Homes evacuated as rain lashes Gisborne region](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Homes evacuated as rain lashes Gisborne region
Schools have closed, houses are without power and homes have been evacuated as rain continues to lash the Gisborne region.
![Kaiapoi sewerage damage could take a year to fix](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kaiapoi sewerage damage could take a year to fix
Sewage will flow into the Kaiapoi River for at least another month and it could take a year to rebuild all the area's quake-damaged sewerage systems.
![Hundreds farewell Whanganui leader](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hundreds farewell Whanganui leader
Around 800 people fairwelled Sir Archie Taiaroa today before his casket was taken down the Whanganui River to his final resting place.