It`s a wet and blustery start to the week for much of the country, with gales or heavy rain forecast in the South Island and lower North Island. Read...

Amid the horror stories of school lunches too hot to handle and inedible School Lunch Collective meals, some schools are going it alone. Dannevirke High School in the lower North... Read...

GeoNet said the quake was felt around the lower North Island, and may have been felt in Blenheim, Nelson, Eketahuna and surrounding areas. Read...

Tavern owner Eric Gathercole hoped the upgrade previously treacherous stretch of Route 52 in the Tararua District will mean more business. Read...

It was centred 10 kilometres east of Eketahuna in the Tararua district. Read...

Several other people are injured and have been transported to hospital. Read...

The country duo, made up of Aly Cook and Jodi Vaughan, are touring around the lower North Island in January. Read...

The two quakes 4.3 and 4.2 in magnitude struck near Taihape and Whanganui. Read...

The 4.3 and 4.1 magnitude quakes were each felt by more than 3700 people. Read...

Up to eight carriages are blocking a crossing near Paraparaumu. Read...