Body washes ashore at Mahia, police inquiry underway

One injured, roads close as crews battle Wairoa liquor store blaze

Multiple crews from Wairoa, Gisborne, Nuhaka and Manutuke were called after a fridge fire became well involved on Sunday morning.

Why a rare looping low is set to hammer the North Island's East Coast

A deepening weather system trapped between two high‑pressure ridges is set to funnel tropical moisture back over Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay and the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Ōtorohanga residents describe the moment floodwaters began to rise

Mayor Rodney Dow said the district had been lashed by rain, with reports of flooding, slips and inundation.

Crown says evidence to support mosque terrorist's claims 'is not there'

The substance of the appeal has no merit, so "the application to grant leave to appeal out of time must be dismissed", the Crown says.