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Tractor-loads of fun for kids in Taranaki
From fantastic museums to the great outdoors, Taranaki has plenty to entertain children.
Pack a raincoat: More rain coming this afternoon
Showers will arrive in Auckland this afternoon, and heavy rain is possible.
Public expected to turn out for Jasmine Wilson memorials
Two events are being held in Majestic Square for the woman who died on August 2.
Call for New Zealand Wars remembrance day
COMMENT: It is not a pretty or honourable history, but we should honour it and the dead.
1080 blackmailer's jail term halved
Gregory Buchanan's sentence for threatening DOC workers was too high, a judge has said.
$10,000 consolation: Block couples given cash after show flop
"We're gifting $10,000 to each of the three teams who didn't take any winnings."
No break from heavy rain and thunderstorms in the North
There is a heavy rain watch is in force for Coromandel and Bay of Plenty.
Early thunderstorm: Thousands of lightning flashes, bleak day ahead
A widespread burst of thunderstorms brought over 1300 lightning flashes within an hour.
60-tonne piece of fat blocks drain, toilet flush ban
New Plymouth District Council is blaming a sewer pipe blockage on a 60-tonne piece of fat.
$19m Mt Taranaki tramping upgrade gets green light
The new trails are expected to bring in an extra 40,000 tourists to the area.
Climate change talk gets gnarly
Horizons councillors seek regional co-operation on climate change.
'Beast from the East' weather looms - 24 straight days of rain
And September and October are not looking too great either.
Mayoral candidate criticised for his views on homelessness
"This is not the right look to encourage the right sort of people," Craig Baylis said.
Marae dream in tatters: Ex-cop jailed over $480k theft
Shaun Keenan served as a police officer for more than 20 years prior to the offending.
Your weather: Rain for Bledisloe Cup decider at Eden Park
Black Ferns to stay dry, but showers will set in during the Bledisloe Cup test tonight.
'I lay with my wife as she died. It was bloody awful'
Last month Rob lost his wife to bowel cancer. Here he tells her story, and urges changes.
Local Focus: Council candidate has a secret confession
"I'm going in baby-faced". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Council candidate has a secret confession
"I'm going in baby-faced". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Another measles case confirmed in Taranaki
Public Health Unit working to determine where patient may have been while contagious.
Woman charged with murder in New Plymouth
A 49-year-old woman has been charged with murder in New Plymouth.
Mum's grief over 30-year-old's homicide: 'She was unrecognisable'
Brenda Reuben urges anyone with information about her daughter's death to contact police.
Thunder, tornadoes, and now - 'alien' hailstones
A Taranaki tornado, container-toppling winds in Auckland, and now – alien hailstones.
Tornado sends eight-tonne campervan flying
"I've never experienced anything like it. It was very, very scary," says shocked resident.
'Like a freight train': Tornado slams woman against house
A Taranaki farmer has described how a tornado tore through his house.
Winter, again: Another weekend of snow, rain and thunderstorms
There's snow and heavy rain warnings and watches across a large swathe of the country.
Armed police descend on New Plymouth
"If you listen to police instruction you will not be harmed," the officer said.
Only in NZ: Falling preschool obesity is unique worldwide
Getting a good night's sleep could be the best way of preventing child obesity.
How to reduce child obesity? Stop fat-shaming
"Anyone who wants to do it can," says the father of a 7-year-old who lost 5kg.
Govt unveils $25m for cancer-fighting machines
New machines mean 1200 cancer patients won't have to travel to main centres for treatment.
Hunker-down Saturday: Snow, storms and massive waves to batter New Zealand
Snow and bitter cold to batter alps and Queenstown, while huge waves to hit near Auckland.
New HB basketball league humming with favourites
The opening round of the Hawke's Bay elite basketball league offers snapshot of favourites
Innocent Nepalese student killed by drunk and speeding driver
"Sadly, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Police treating Hawera house fire as suspicious
Fire and Emergency New Zealand issued a second alarm response to the blaze.