It`s another wet and windy weekend for parts of the country as a front moves across the South Island and towards the Lower North Island. While Auckland will be seeing fog again this morning, Metservice meteorologist Paul Ngamanu... Read...
An unsettled northwesterly wind is bringing heavy rain to parts of central and lower North Island today, as conditions in the South begin to ease.MetService has placed a heavy rain watch for eastern Bay of Plenty, Tongariro and... Read...
By Soumya Bhamidipati of RNZ More rain forecast for the lower North Island is worrying a community hit by severe slips last week.Two families in Stokes Valley were evacuated on Thursday night when their homes were left teetering... Read...
A meteor which shot across the skies above the lower North Island yesterday afternoon released about a seventh of the energy of the Hiroshima bomb, a space scientist says. Read...
Lower North Island residents` Thursday was interrupted by a `fireball in the sky as hundreds report seeing a potential meteorite. Residents took to social media to ask others if they also saw `the sky falling`, many in disbelief.... Read...
The fire crisis has reached a breaking point, with the last remaining high ladder truck in the Lower North Island breaking down. The breakdown means fire crews only have access to one ladder truck that only reaches four storeys... Read...
Police are investigating after thieves stole plaques from war veterans` gravesites. At least eight bronze plaques from plots in the RSA section of Kaiapoi Cemetery, about 17km north of Christchurch, were looted earlier this week... Read...
The Transport Minister has left the door open for 22 new electric trains, after lower North Island mayors kicked up a stink they weren`t funded in this year`s Budget.The four-car trains would replace `vintage` units and quadruple... Read...