MetService warns strong winds could topple trees on sodden ground. Read...

The Educational Institute Te Riu Roa, which obtained the messages, and the Council of Deans of Education said the messages showed a conflict of interest. Read...

A motorcyclist has died after driving into the rear of a truck in Auckland. Read...

Christopher Luxon is expected to visit the search at the site where people are still buried under a landslide. Read...

Commissioner says the scale and risk at the site is slowing progress and updates Read...

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including concerns about time-wasting in the Cook Islands parliament sittings. Read...

Repairing the attraction would be `difficult and neither cheap nor quick to implement`. Read...

Wellington-based powerhouse Weta FX has secured another Academy Award nomination, this time for its jaw-dropping work on James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash. Read...

MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Canterbury, warning of heavy rain, large hail and possible flash flooding on Friday. Read...

Police have apologised to the family in person, saying the situation was `very regrettable`. Read...