Northland Regional Council staff taking part in an exercise on a fictional oil spill from a commercial fishing vessel running aground on a rock in the Tūtūkākā Harbour last week. Oil spill exercise Two...

Heavy rain and strong winds are battering parts of the country. Photo: Supplied / MetService Severe weather warnings remain as heavy rain and strong winds batter the country. It comes as parts of Aotearoa...

National will deliver more nurses and midwives, the party’s health spokesman Dr Shane Reti says. Photo / 123r National will deliver more nurses and midwives New Zealand’s health system is in crisis, with a...

There are severe weather warnings for the upper North Island until early on Tuesday. Northland, Coromandel and Bay of Plenty can expect heavy rain with an orange warning in place, and strong winds that...

The patient had to be airlifted to Whangārei Hospital following the stabbing. Photo / NZME A Kaitāia woman who stabbed a man in what has been accepted as likely self-defence has been sentenced. Thelma...

Heavy rain and possible severe gales are expected to continue in the upper North Island and parts of the Nelson region into Monday, and possibly through to Wednesday, as a subtropical storm moves across...

A satellite image of rain moving across the upper North Island on 30 April, 2023. Photo: MetService Five areas of the country are now under orange heavy rain warnings as the latest bout of...