Residents of Nelson are cleaning up and counting the cost of flood damage across the region, with more rain on the way. RNZ has collated photos showing some of that destruction caused by this week's weather bomb.

The ongoing heavy rain has led to multiple landslips around Wellington, the city council says.

A forensic scientist says examining the bones of two children found hidden in suitcases could reveal details of how they were treated during their young lives and what happened to them.

Police are putting in place measures to prepare for anticipated protests around Parliament grounds next week.

Veteran America's Cup campaigner Sir Michael Fay has resigned from the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron, in protest at the Cup's defence going offshore, and he is not the only one.

A state of emergency has been declared in Marlborough, with more heavy rain expected overnight, while Nelson's mayor says every part of the city has been hit by flooding and slips.

A Christchurch eye surgeon has been charged with attempted murder following an assault in Lyttelton earlier this month.

Mark Lundy has been declined parole today after serving his minimum term of 20 years for the August 2000 murders of his wife and daughter in Palmerston North.

Waka Kotahi has confirmed it will not be trialling a walking and cycling path on the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

A senior gynaecologist accused of making lewd comments to patients during vaginal examinations has retired.

The Serious Fraud Office says this is the first time a wage subsidy fraud case has been brought forward by them.

Polytechnics are reporting early signs that the critical Indian market for international students is starting to bounce back.

Residents in the Far North say the heavy rain, wild weather and flooding has been the worst for a long time.

It will be months before Mataura residents know the full extent of the flooding risk after discovering capacity issues with their stop banks.

Education Review Office chief executive Nicholas Pole wants more support for children facing a stand-down or exclusion from school.

Another 16 people with Covid-19 have died and there are 3805 new community cases of the virus, the Ministry of Health says.

The Crown is appealing the decision in the NZ First Foundation case which saw two men charged over the donations to the party found not guilty.

That "greatly undermine" their effectiveness here "particularly, the ability to achieve the necessary level of general deterrence", the report said.