The plan reorganises the South Island's 24 councils with five bigger ones.
A committee voted unanimously to chip seal the road despite residents' objections.
For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air.
Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams have put forward a new proposal to Netball NZ to fast-track the establishment of a privately-owned franchise competition.
The 61-year-old man who was nearly sucked out of the plane suffered neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns before his fellow passenger pulled him back inside.
Aerial footage showed firefighters and paramedics treating passengers in a field next to the train, with several ambulances and three helicopters standing by.
Ash Gardner's affair with Australian teammate Georgia Voll while married to ex-wife Monica Wright created headlines.
The Met Office said the temperature of 38.1C in west London was a tenth of a degree higher than the previous record set June 28.
The enormous $300 million Seascape tower has been unfinished since construction stalled in 2024 after a fallout between the developer and contractor.
In Parliament for nine years, he rose from 63rd on the party's list to being in Cabinet as Minister for Defence, Veterans, Space, the spy agencies, and Building and Construction.
The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including new footage of an armed man running into Sylvia Park, a train derails in the UK, and a Brisbane supermarket fight caught on camera.
The Prime Minister emerged from a three-hour caucus meeting on Wednesday having won a confidence vote, with Wayne Mapp saying it wasn't as clean as previous attempts.
The plan has drawn intense criticism from civil rights groups, Democrats in Congress, and some use-of-force experts.
Earlier, a weather radar detected severe thunderstorms offshore north of Cape Brett, Purerua, Paihia and Kerikeri.
The Sydney Roosters star announced on Friday he would finish in the NRL at season's end, before moving to the English Super League for a one-year swansong.
Authorities have not released any information about a potential motive for the killings.
An adult could be seen desperately trying to cling to the boy as the bus drove off.
Yesterday, a man was shot as he approached Auckland’s Sylvia Park Shopping Centre carrying an air rifle – but how dangerous are they?
Auckland Transport said the proposed new lanes were intended to improve how Aucklanders reached the new stations.
Police named the man with a stolen air rifle shot dead by police as Hapai Otene, 33.
National unveiled a South Island growth package as it seeks to move past leadership turmoil, with Labour accusing it of neglecting the region and recycling old promises.
"Decisions and actions within FIFA have contributed to a breakdown in trust and increased division within international football," the organisation said.
"The interpretation that some have put on this is simply not correct, and the Japanese ambassador has made that clear as well."
Cleared of Pauline Hanna's 2021 murder at a trial two years ago, Polkinghorne chose not to give evidence there but has been compelled to at the coroner's inquest.
The public broadcaster has reopened its voluntary redundancy scheme, previously run in 2025/26, as a first step in the process.
Police said emergency services were called to the incident in Hokitika just before 9am.
Analysis: With less than three months until the country goes to the polls, Winston Peters is at a fork in the road.
If he follows through, it would be a stunning development in a case that rattled business leaders while galvanising their critics.
The man faces 35 charges in relation to 11 people, Immigration New Zealand confirmed.
Photos provided to 1News show the vehicle embedded in the shopfront, with broken glass and twisted metal framing strewn across the footpath.
Stats NZ said the increase was almost 300,000 people, and visitors from Australia and China made up two-thirds of the lift.
Southland District council has owned Te Anau Airport Manapōuri since 2002, when it acquired it from Air New Zealand for $401,000.
Police were returning to the station on Tuesday when they were flagged down by a panicked father in a red hatchback.
The Reform UK leader won back a seat he quit in July amid an investigation into whether he failed to report an NZ$11.5m gift from a crypto billionaire overseas.
The 52-year-old appeared in court charged with unlawful intimidation, driving while disqualified, reckless driving and reckless ill-treatment of an animal.
Brown anticipated to lead the South Pacific nation’s government for a second term after his party won more seats than any other.
"You could end up with infrastructure on one side and a generator on the other."
A Trans-Tasman group of producers commissioned testing of some products, believing some couldn't make ends meet with crude avocado oil prices.
A recent Education Review Office report finds more than half of teachers believe AI is hurting students' ability to think for themselves.
A flight attendant was injured last Sunday when a Jetstar pilot was forced to brake to avoid a Qatar Airways plane in Sydney.
