Communities which came through 72 hours of torrential rain relatively unscathed still have a wary eye on the horizon – more heavy downpours are forecast.

Gore farmer Logan Evans interrupted his family’s holiday in Wanaka to take part in Convoy 2022 NZ as it moved through Southland on Sunday.

The recent blaze at Sutton Tools put dozens of jobs on the line, polluted waterways with oil, and threatens supplies of cutting tools.

NZTA has installed a gravel pit to stop trucks with failed brakes but is not expecting issues on the steep section on Transmission Gully.

Stranded NZers say their fellow Kiwis have turned against them, and for some it's enough to make them never want to return.

The worst rainfall Taranaki has experienced in years saw roads turn into rivers, fences washed away, and bridges destroyed during Waitangi weekend.

Tough new lending rules are bad law, but come at a time when the “unsustainable” growth in home lending needs to slow down, one economist says.

In a recorded message, Jacinda Ardern says that although we can't gather together at Waitangi this year, “this day remains of great importance to us as a nation”.

Emergency staff concerns for Makino Stream and Manawatū River were scaled down.

NZ takes up Queen Elizabeth II's request to plant trees in celebration of her 70 years on the throne, a platinum jubilee.

Omicron is driving the surge, with one expert warning the nation can expect periods of daily deaths soon: "People need to take the chance now to get boosted.”

On Waitangi Day, Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon urges the Government to meet its Treaty obligation to protect the Māori language.

Police say Michael Tautari was last seen in the Whangārei suburb of Raumanga, but he may have travelled to Auckland.

As Des Lehndorf dies of cancer, his son is 38 kilometres away in MIQ starving himself of food and water in a last-ditch effort to reunite the pair one last time.

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When it comes to Stewart Island there has always been a constant when it comes to what food is available on the small island, but now there is a food truck with an ever-changing menu.

The Ministry of Health has announced six new cases of Covid-19 in the Wellington community.

A neighbour said the Kāinga Ora home had been empty for two years and was a target for vandals.

Māori Party seeking a constitutional transformation.

The couple plotted to have the wife 'spirited out of Auckland in the back of a truck' after a stressful period of separation due to Covid restrictions.