Greenpeace protesters have been arrested in New Plymouth this morning, after vandalising a ship.

There is one surprise among the venues named for the All Blacks home tests against Wales, Ireland and the Tri-Nations.

An Auckland man kept a $22m winning Powerball ticket in his car glove box for two days before deciding to cash it in.

The North Island has been warned to expect more thunderstorms tonight, and possibly tornadoes as well.

When the Fire Service called John Weatherley and told him there was a problem at home he thought his house must have burned down.

The MetService is forecasting these strong westerly winds are set to continue until Wednesday.