The heat is on: Labour Weekend's 28C stunner - but back to winter on Monday
Tropical air is set to get temperatures rising, but come Monday it changes drastically.
Tropical air is set to get temperatures rising, but come Monday it changes drastically.
A 20-year-old man had been charged with cruelty and ill-treatment of an animal.
The incident happened off the Kaikoura peninsula
Domestic cats in Kaikōura are laying waste to the eggs of a rare shore bird.
Time to put on the summer sheets - overnight temperatures could be much warmer than usual.
Search for missing woman Melissa Ewings scaled back after phone found.
Icy winds will round out the month, with some in the South Island in for a freezing night.
Phone tracked to within 100m of Melissa Ewings' house - but no sign of her.
Melissa Ewings, 31, hasn't been seen for eight days despite an extensive police search.
'We loved his curiosity for life, his humour and loyalty, his integrity,' says mum.
A South Island community is reeling after attempts to save injured teen aren't enough.
John Milford has been in the role for more than five years.
'By 2040, we might be looking back at this as a normal winter.'
A popular and 'friendly' teen has been killed in a car crash in Arrowtown.
Research and development firm Kāriki Pharma and grower Puro New Zealand join forces.
Christchurch to Eketahuna - The Road Ahead visits the centre of power in New Zealand.
City council and insurers remain in a dispute four years after Kaikoura earthquake damage.
Wellington Central MP says premiums remain high despite top quake standards and codes.
A number of heavy rain watches are in place around the country.
Y2K was upon us. So we loaded up the car, and drove all the way to Stewart Island.
About 400,000 old car tyres had been dumped on Canterbury property.
It wasn't damaged in the Kaikoura earthquake, it's not even technically earthquake prone.
The billion-dollar-project faces yet another delay after lockdown and staff leaving.
The bird was still alive but believed to be in much distress.
Three years on, crucial ecosystems along Kaikoura's quake-raised coast fail to recover.
Extra load of fish 'equivalent of putting 20 medium-sized cars on a small fishing boat'.
Scientists have found big quakes affect whales' ability to find food for at least a year.
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Third daughter remains in hospital in serious condition.
Fatality follows horror few days on the country's roads.