First round of games honours memory of All Black and Heartland legend Sir Brian Lochore

Five more days of rain, Auckland. Can you do it?

The mayor of Westland is confident the access road to Fox Glacier will reopen.

Three big trucks, a fuel tanker, a loader and two or three diggers were smashed.

A big rockfall near Haast has closed an important alpine route.

$15 million Airbus H145 choppers start service tomorrow in Christchurch and Dunedin.

High winds have ripped off a preschool's roof and lightning has struck a tree.

Transport Minister welcomes airline pilots' association offer of help.

Revelations come after a long legal battle.

A person has been killed in a crash on the West Coast this morning.

The dry, mild winter continues, but change is looming.

An estimated 1270 hectares and 64km of coastline have been contaminated.

Whanganui motorcycle ace Seth Reardon plays it cagey to win NZ Enduro title.

You don't get all that lovely green scenery for nothing, New Zealand. More rain on way.

The 1080 bait was damaged during flooding on the West Coast, then taken to the landfill.

The past six months have been the direst on record for the upper North Island.

'It's beggars belief the Police never looked at Scada beyond the first blast.'

The onboard doctor advised the man needed hospital treatment.

Two mothers appeal for review of double murderer's case.

Slow progress as experts comb mine where 29 men died in November 2010 disaster.

The whale was last spotted at the tip of the South Island, and is likely heading north.

Former Gloriavale member chases pop music career after clandestine listening on FM radio.

NZ First is "deeply concerned" over conflict of interest allegations made about Westland.

A local fisherman found the body on a remote beach on the West Coast this morning.

Emergency services were called to the scene near Limestone Track around 3pm.