A man has died after his light aircraft crashed this afternoon in Upper Hutt. Police said they received a report at about 1.50pm that an aircraft has been seen crashing near Kaitoke, about 45km north of Wellington. A search was... Read...
Severe weather warnings are in place for parts of the North Island, including in Auckland - where heavy rain and strong gusts may lead to the closure of the harbour bridge. Gusts of up to 100km/h are forecast in exposed parts of... Read...
Summer arrived a month early for much of the country over the long weekend.Humid conditions bolstered temperatures in the upper North Island to the low 20s, with eastern areas of the island reaching the mid-20s.The weather was... Read...
The Greens have pledged $50 million over two years to save the North Island`s mighty kauri forests from dieback disease. Kauri have been dying at alarming rates and spread through the upper North Island , despite a range of initiatives... Read...