MetService has lifted a severe thunderstorm warning that was in place for the upper North Island, but a watch still remains in place. Photo: MetService MetService has lifted a severe thunderstorm warning that was...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice multimedia journalist of Brian Borland outside the Whangārei District Court. Photo: NZME A prominent cannabis advocate, on trial after police discovered two cultivation sites and nearly 100 plants, simplified...

State Highway 1 closed through the Brynderwyn Hills for most of Saturday, but had reopened by 6:30pm. Photo: NZTA / Waka Kotahi State Highway 1 through the Brynderwyn Hills, between Kaiwaka and Waipū, has...