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...

A satellite image of rain moving across the upper North Island on 30 April, 2023. Photo: MetService Northland has escaped any major problems from the weather so far, but Emergency Management is expecting further...

Heavy rain is battering Northland and showers have begun in Auckland and the Coromandel as severe weather moves across the upper North Island. A MetService spokesperson said Northland’s Kaikohe had the most rain as...