Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Civil Defence Peeni Henare have today confirmed initial Government support of $100,000 for communities affected by the severe weather that swept across the South Island and lower North Island over the weekend. Read...

It has been a day of wild weather, there`s still no road connection from Timaru north to Christchurch, an estimated 970 people are stranded in Franz Glacier on the West Coast and in the north 12 people had to be rescued from a Lower Hutt campsite after... Read...

It has been a day of wild weather, there`s still no road connection from Timaru north to Christchurch, an estimated 970 people are stranded in Franz Glacier on the West Coast and in the north 12 people had to be rescued from a Lower Hutt campsite after... Read...

It has been a day of wild weather, there`s still no road connection from Timaru north to Christchurch, an estimated 970 people are stranded in Franz Glacier on the West Coast and in the north 12 people had to be rescued from a Lower Hutt campsite after... Read...

It has been a day of wild weather, there`s still no road connection from Timaru north to Christchurch, an estimated 600 people are stranded in Fox Glacier on the West Coast and in the north 12 people had to be rescued from a Lower Hutt campsite after a... Read...

MPs, ministers and mayors have received a tin of sardines in the mail to illustrate a rail network on the brink of bursting across the lower North Island. The message that everything is not going swimmingly was sent by Greater Wellington... Read...

Summer is officially underway but if you live in the lower North Island and the South Island you should prepare for an unsettled week. Read...

A quake which rattled the lower North Island on Sunday morning has been upgraded to magnitude 5.9. Read...

Shannon Hoani Martin, 41, is believed to be in the lower North Island Read...

Another building in the lower North Island will close since being assessed against guidelines issued after the partial collapse of Statistics House in the Kaikoura Earthquake.The Ministry of Justice announced this afternoon the... Read...