Civil Defence is knocking on doors in the Taupō area preparing people to evacuate as flooding from heavy rain overnight has ...

A family’s annual sojourn to their favourite Northland campground soured when ... The relative, who did not want to be named, arrived at Tauranga Bay Holiday Park about 5pm one evening to ...

Severe thunderstorms have also been detected near Te Puke and Mōtītī Island in the Bay of Plenty this long weekend and are moving towards Tauranga, MetService says. In Northland, heavy showers ...

Search and rescue crews are knocking on the doors of about 70 homes near the Tauranga-Taupo River, warning people to prepare for evacuation. Emergency services are also dealing with dozens of reports ...

Mr Rusbatch set sail on his yacht from Tauranga on Sunday, bound for Paihia in the Bay of Islands. But the deserted, under-motor yacht was found by a member of the public yesterday, about 20km ...

On Saturday, the cold southerly flow should spread northwards across central and northern New Zealand, with showers for ...

Water glasses will be brimming in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty when the area’s new water supply, from the Waiāri Stream near Te Puke, officially begins flowing on Wednesday 22 March.