Evacuations were part of the Auckland-wide Anniversary weekend flood response action amid record rainfall, but Whangārei Mayor Vince Cocurullo says the district would cope well if a similar storm hit the city. Whangārei Mayor...

Help is underway to clear Auckland of the mess from the last severe weather event before Cyclone Gabrielle makes landfall. Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle is in the Coral Sea moving southeast and reached “severe” category...

Items confiscated from people attending court included knuckledusters and knives. Photo / Mike Dinsdale Multiple sets of knuckledusters, knives and drug pipes were among items confiscated from visitors passing through security screening at Northland...

PM Chris Hipkins throws policies on the bonfire, half a billion dollar drug bust and frustration growing in Turkey/Syria over quake response in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald A...

Cyclone Gabrielle is heading towards Aotearoa and the first effects are expected to be felt in Northland on Sunday. The states of emergency in Thames-Coromandel and in Auckland have been extended. MetService is predicting...

A look at how a cyclone develops. Video / NZ Herald Northlanders are being urged to get ready for what could be one of the biggest storms to hit New Zealand so far this...

Northlanders fear the recent closure of State Highway 1 through the Brynderwyns will become another “Mangamuka Gorge situation”. Photo / Michael Cunningham Northland leaders are calling on the Government to pull finger on a...

Christel Yardley/Stuff The serious crash unit is now investigating after one person died. One person is dead after a late-night crash in Northland. Police said they responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash on...