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'Big smiles, sunburn and sore legs': Ski operators stoked with two metres of snowfall
"It feels like a reward for everyone’s who’s hung in there."
"It feels like a reward for everyone’s who’s hung in there."
Skifield workers are swimming in metres of snow on Mt Ruapehu.
The former midwife has been missing since Wednesday.
Mountain users beware - a level 4 (high risk) alert is in place for high alpine areas.
The 51-year-old was last seen at her Kinloch home on Wednesday morning.
The owner of a dairy farm in Reporoa has been fined for illegal effluent discharges.
Jan Burton was last seen in Kinloch yesterday morning.
The All Blacks have named an extended squad of 5 million people for the Rugby World Cup.
A man is lucky to be alive after a car crashed into his bedroom while he was sleeping.
It's a family affair for Tūrangi-born Jackson Owens' new single with his brother.
Tangata whenua used the site as shelter hundreds of years ago.
Lofty Maki was last seen at a Rotorua supermarket on December 6.
Season pass holders to be far fewer following last-minute doorstep sale.
Simple Minds and Pseudo Echo will have you singing your way into the night.
If not for smoke alarms, 'we could easily be talking about multiple losses of life'
NZ's been rocked by several 5.0-plus quakes in 2023, amid 11,000 others. Is that normal?
Skiing set to return to the Central North Island after years of disruptions.
Councils are racing to check if any buildings are structurally at risk.
The road will close again early next week for the further recovery of heavy logs.
"Highly respected" arts figure appointed leader of NZ Dance Company.
Doors are closed at famed sites from the Rotorua Museum to the Chateau Tongariro.
Graeme McIntosh was the local funeral director for over 40 years.
The rare bottle is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Strong wind warnings issued for Bay of Plenty and Coromandel.
'The muscles in my neck have collapsed, so I walk around bent in half.'
Winter is back on at Ruapehu after a flurry of snow and an eleventh-hour government grant.
A cold, unstable sub-antarctic blast will bring gusts up to 90km/h and heavy showers.
An aerial battle between humans and trees is likely to see botanic garden trees chopped.
Crime boss Uncle Six and a fellow henchman both pleaded guilty and testified against him.