Hokitika's famous driftwood welcome sign destroyed by storm

Greymouth running out of water after weather damages treatment plant

Grey District Council is urging people to keep the taps turned off while engineers try frantically to fix the fault.

Over 6000 without power as winds lash Canterbury

It comes after thousands of households across the South Island were left without power this morning.

West Coast conservation plan paused amid uncertainty

Long-awaited strategy officially on hold – pending new laws controlling what can and can’t be done on public conservation land.

Flights cancelled, power outages as severe gales lash South Island

Severe weather strikes the South Island and part of the lower North Island, in what MetService calls a precursor to a "potentially more impactful" system later this week.