Hundreds turned out to clean up a West Coast beach today following last week's storm.

Scientists creates unique maps of NZ small towns.

State Highway 6 has reopened, but some still remain without power on the West Coast.

This week's storm played havoc with the plans of motorists, with closures stranding many.

Rescue options being assessed for hundreds of stranded tourists on West Coast.

Don't do anything that puts your safety at risk, the council says

West Coast dairy farmers may be forced to dump milk because of yesterday's storm.

Damage assessment begins after ex-Tropical Cyclone Fehi ravaged much of the country.

A helicopter has been deployed to find motorists trapped by closed road and fallen trees.

Yesterday in Dunedin it was 35C - today they're facing torrential rain and school's out.

Middlemarch Otago strikes 37.4C in another day of blazing heat.

A South Island town in the middle of a 244km reception black spot are desperate for help.

Where land can still be found for $60,000 and the closest city is almost 400km away.

Four seasons in one country - heat, thunderstorms and rain on way.

Torrential downpour on the West Coast is expected to peak about 4am.

Torrential rain scuttles the Kumara Racing Club's Gold Nuggets meeting for a second year.

Uh-oh. Higher than normal rainfall forecast for most of the country in the next two weeks.

Seven roads closed in Grey District as floods spread south on the West Coast.

A man has been found dead after the vehicle he was driving crashed into the Okuru River.

Police are responding to a fatal motorbike crash in Buller.

A St John spokesman said two ambulances and two helicopters were sent to the scene.

Rain around the country will ease by the end of the day.

The family of a young teacher who died after falling from a raft have spoken.

Samuel Zarifeh was on a rafting trip with teachers from a Christchurch school.

The raft reportedly flipped with four people on board on the Landsborough River.

The main highway on the West Coast has been closed by two big slips today.

Get out your picnic blankets and put on some sunscreen this weekend.

The price was well over the threshold inviting Government scrutiny, says the AA.

Firefighters could not save a home after a blaze broke out before midnight.

The man died at the scene after hitting a fence, police say.