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Local Focus: Who is Elizabeth Kerekere, Green candidate for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti?
Elizabeth Kerekere favours rainbow youth and Tiger King. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Who is Elizabeth Kerekere, Green candidate for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti?
Elizabeth Kerekere favours rainbow youth and Tiger King. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Gales, heavy rain - severe weather warning for NZ this week
Rain will hit the country from Tuesday and see out the week.
'Too important to be lost to history': Secret war diaries reveal all
"If this is war, then let there be no more."
Weather: Quiet Sunday before low brings more rain, wind
Aussies can't come here, but their lows can.
Flight with 141 on board struck by lightning, diverted to Christchurch Airport
Flight stuck by lightning diverted to Christchurch Airport, passengers safe.
PGF cash to help renovate seven community halls in Hastings District
Tabuteau said halls and sports clubs are 'incredibly important social centres'.
'Unsafe, insecure': Melbourne Kiwis flee Covid for NZ, but move splits family
Jae Tuhi is bringing his family back to New Zealand in light of the crisis.
Butter chicken bonanza: Curry tops with Kiwis post-lockdown
We've been ordering our favourite curry in the tens of thousands since lockdown.
Chilly start but sun coming for most of the country
Frosty start to give way to fine weather for most of New Zealand.
Mahia Peninsula's tangata whenua 'not consulted' on name receiving macron
Mahia Maori Committee on macron use: 'We don't use a macron - change it back to Mahia.'
Dramatic rescues - two men, six dogs and a pregnant woman
Slips closed roads and floodwaters were rising as once-in-500-year storm hit North.
Flooding threatens Gisborne region, homes evacuated
The Hikuwai River is flowing at the same levels that caused the damaging 2018 floods.
Weather: -5C in the south overnight, 14C in the north
It's a contrast rarely seen in New Zealand, but weather watches are in place for the North
Kiwi medicinal cannabis company secures deal with German distributor
Rua Bioscience is growing its medicinal cannabis global export strategy.
Long-forgotten landfill on East Coast leaves beach littered with rubbish
An East Coast community is reeling after landfill breach.
'A welcome first step': Govt gives Hawke's Bay councils water hope
$50m won't fix every Hawke's Bay water problem - not even close.
Local Focus: Waiariki electorate explained
Will it be Labour or Māori Party for Waiariki? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Waiariki electorate explained
Will it be Labour or Māori Party for Waiariki? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Lost in space: Rocket Lab mission failure comes with a cost
High tech payload expected to be covered by insurance - Peter Beck.
Warm days, cold nights: Hastings to fall to freezing over weekend
It'll be zero degrees Celsius overnight in Hastings.
Local Focus: The East Coast explained
What makes East Coast tick and who will they vote for. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: The East Coast electorate explained
What makes East Coast tick and who will they vote for. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Napier electorate explained
Nash faces his third National rookie for Napier. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Thunderstorm threat: Heavy rain to lash NZ as temperatures plummet in the south
Those in the Mt Taranaki region are encouraged to keep a close eye on updates.
Hawke's Bay elections: Who is standing so far?
Who has put their hand up so far, and join us in a 2017 flashback.
Your weather: Rain to end the week and linger for the weekend
Crack out those umbrellas, the rain is set to stay.
Death of seaman: Cable snapped while loading logs
TAIC critical of ship's operators' safety management systems after 2019 Gisborne accident.
Slips, flooding, road closures across Coromandel and Gisborne
It looks like a wet Sunday winter solstice.
7.4 quake: People warned to stay out of water
A no tsunami threat was made known about 50 minutes after the 7.4 mag quake struck.
Analysis: NZ's offensive place names - and the case to have them changed
It comes amid renewed calls to rename Hamilton the original Māori name Kirikiriroa.
Coldest June morning in five years: Otago town shivers at -12.3C
Middlemarch has registered New Zealand's coldest June temperature since 2015.
'Take a pause': Race relations commissioner on statue, name changes
Legacy of colonisation in spotlight amid global rallying cry against racism.