A Northland councillor predicts kauri will be extinct on Crown land in the next 30 years due to kauri dieback across the upper North Island - but local iwi strongly disagree with that assessment. Read...
It`s been a wild night for the upper half of the North Island with squally thunderstorms lighting up skies and heavy showers laced with hail, pounding rooftops. After an active atmospheric Thursday in which a destructive tornado... Read...
`Wallywood` is set to become the latest part of Wellington`s booming screen industry with a $45 million studio development under construction north of the capital. Read...
A violent lightning storm is set to lash Auckland during the evening rush hour as the latest storm strikes the top of the country.Rain is falling across the upper North Island as clouds packed with moisture from the sub-tropics... Read...
A sub-tropical deluge is set to soak the flood-ravaged top of the country tonight, as the region braces for more than 10 hours of non-stop heavy rain and strong winds. While forecasters are confident today`s rainstorm won`t be on... Read...
STAY IN THE KNOW. SIGN UP TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERS HERE. An exciting weather start to yesterday - when upper North Islanders endured a morning drenching and lightning struck an Air New Zealand flight between Auckland and Queenstown... Read...
Those in the upper South Island and lower North Island have been rattled by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake tonight.The 7.51pm quake struck 20 kilometres south-east of St Arnaud, a hamlet 80 kilometres south of Nelson, according to Geonet.It... Read...
Aucklanders will endure a drenching this morning before some clear weather arrives in the early afternoon. Passing thunderstorms have made it a wet start to the weekend for much of the upper North Island as a trough tracks northward... Read...