Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted around 2:30 this afternoon and now says it's grown to about 40 hectares in size. Assistant Commander Dave Key says multiple crews and nine helicopters have ...

Cloudy. High chance of showers, becoming less likely this afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe. Light winds becoming northerly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming ...

Police were called to the Hoturoa Place address around six this evening.