How best to find the pick of the bunch after a tough harvest.

Just over a fifth of all working-age Northlanders were on welfare benefits at the end of March.

Kiwi surfer Sarah Mason won the ASP girls pro junior France final over Australian Dimity Stoyle at Les Bourdaines at the weekend.

Coach Graham Henry doesn't like seeing the All Blacks doctor's number come up on his phone.

Investigations are under way after two Air NZ flights were forced to make emergency landings yesterday.

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Travellers could get caught as heavy downfalls settle over the North Island for the next 24 hours.

Columbine was set up 60 years ago by the three Thorpe bothers, Alan, George and Jack.

Department of Conservation (DOC) officials have seized two nets and about 80 fish following reports of commercial fishing in a marine reserve in Auckland.

Tropical Cyclone Bune is making its way down to New Zealand and is expected to pass to the east of the country from Wednesday.

A tropical cyclone formed near Fiji today is on track to bring strong winds and heavy rain to New Zealand next week, forecasters predict.

People in northern and eastern areas of the North Island are being advised to take precautions as heavy rains threaten to sweep across those regions tonight and tomorrow, with a possibility of flooding in coastal and low-lying areas.

Heavy rain is on the way today for much of the North Island, with as much 200mm for some areas today and tomorrow, MetService forecasts.