Ohakune’s water treatment plant tanks are fixed and being refilled as the town deals with its third day since taps ran dry. Good progress was being made on recharging the water network, Ruapehu ...

A woman who narrowly missed being crushed by a falling tree said the bank it fell from is “a disaster waiting to happen”. Wellington woman Maria Church was driving through the suburb of Linden on ...

Rotorua Lakes Council has moved another step forward with plans for the possible redevelopment of its Lucas Place pensioner housing complex, with 18 residents potentially needing to relocate. The ...

Farmers are being warned about the dangers of off-road vehicles and machinery amid severe weather following six incidents where people have suffered serious injury, or even died. “Over the last six ...