A Boxing Day deluge hit Auckland mid-afternoon, causing flooding and forcing beachgoers to run for their cars. Heavy rains across the city are causing some surface flooding, and an off-ramp on State Highway 1...

Chris McKeen/Stuff Thunderstorms loom for beachgoers in parts of the North Island. (File photo) Boxing Day beachgoers are being warned to keep one eye on the skies as localised thunderstorms and tornadoes remain a...

Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson. Photo / Tania Whyte Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson hopes his Christmas gift to councillors will provide them with an alternative view of the climate change issue. Jepson gave the book...

Traffic is expected to be busy at times through Kawakawa this holiday period. Photo / Michael Cunningham Holiday traffic hotspots Waka Kotahi is warning people of congestion hotspots over the holiday period. An online...

Summerset Mount Denby retirement village residents, from left: Bruce and Ngaire McLean, Shirley Mellsop, Marcia Alley, Glenys Kerr, Ann Barham, Gareth Foster, and Noeline Dean. Photo / Michael Cunningham The great Kiwi Christmas has...

The opening of the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway north of Auckland continues to be delayed while hundreds of millions in financial claims from contractors are resolved. Waka Kotahi has been extremely tight-lipped about how...

The late Erima Henare speaks at Waitangi during the handover of stage one of Te Paparahi o Te Raki in 2014. Photo / Michael Cunningham A landmark Waitangi Tribunal report is calling on the...

Sixteen people are currently in hospital with Covid-19 in Northland. Photo / Tania Whyte Plans are in place to deal with Northland Covid-19 patients over the holiday period, when cases are expected to rise...

Many Northlanders are experiencing lingering adverse health effects from Covid-19. Photo / Michael Cunningham Kerikeri resident Leigh Bramwell didn’t plan on eating her dog’s biscuits. But with long Covid messing with her concentration and...

Stuff A person is dead following a crash in Port Whangārei on Saturday. One person died in a crash in Port Whangārei on Saturday night, taking the holiday road toll to two. Three other...