The deal gives immediate relief, Aquaculture New Zealand says, but it will still chase financial settlement for total losses. Read...

Fire and Emergency is circulating a restructure proposal to its staff this afternoon but told RNZ it would not release it publicly. Read...

The council opted to retain in-house control of its drinking water, wastewater and stormwater. Read...

One other person was treated for minor injuries. Read...

This `transitional access` has been criticised by opposition politicians as `a subsidy for private insurers`. Read...

Comedian Guy Williams has paid tribute to his dad, Gary, after he died after a water incident at Auckland’s Kohimarama beach over the weekend. Read...

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Tairua Whitianga Road and Moewai Road just after 10am on Wednesday. Read...

At 16, Cohnor Walsh took over the former Pataka Berries site on Marshlands Rd, pouring hundreds of hours into pruning, weeding and bringing the land back to life. Read...

A national conversation has begun about the cost of climate-related damage, including New Zealand’s vulnerable coastal roads, some of which are in Wairarapa. Read...

The derelict Fitzherbert Hotel went up in flames on November 30. Read...