Annie Drew and her girls enjoyed a late season splash at the beach yesterday as the North Island's seemingly never-ending summer pushed on.

UK airspace will remain closed until tomorrow morning, a shutdown which is costing the air industry an estimated $282 million a day.

The Governor-General has been forced to cancel plans to attend the late Polish President's funeral.

Enhanced engine technology has magnified the risk of fatal damage to aircraft flying into volcanic ash clouds, writes Mathew Dearnaley.

With all the brilliant sunshine you could be mistaken for thinking winter is still months away. Sadly, it's just an illusion.

Parts of the drought-stricken north are expected to get their first rain in more than two months, but forecasters warn they are unlikely to be the end of the drought.

This Easter looks relatively settled, which is fantastic news for those wanting to get to their favourite holiday destination, writes Philip Duncan.

Kiwis not yet ready for winter's chill can relax - Niwa has forecasted a warm end to autumn.

Easter is almost here and the weather maps are slowly starting to agree on what the likely forecast is.

A Niwa climate scientist says 56mm of rain has fallen so far this year, the lowest of any three-month period in Auckland.

Autumn has moved in and with will come rain - eventually - says weather analyst Philip Duncan.

Severe gales powerful enough to damage trees and power lines are set to lash the east coast of the South Island and the parts of the North Island.

A second man has been found dead in Fiji after a tropical cyclone hit its eastern islands early this week.

Weather analyst Philip Duncan explains the power of tropical storms.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says NZ will do 'whatever we have to do' to assist cyclone-ravaged Fiji.