New Zealanders endured plenty of weather extremes across the country last month with a warmer and drier than normal April for many. April was persistently dry, with well below normal rainfall levels in eastern parts of both islands... Read...

`You haven`t changed much at all,` weather presenter Ingrid Hipkiss told her colleague as they looked back on two decades of reporting. Read...

Fairly dry week expected for most areas, cold overnight temperatures gone for now. Read...

Summer-like weather drew hundreds of punters to Phar Lap Raceway on Sunday as the South Canterbury Racing Club continues its fight to retain thoroughbred racing in Timaru. Read...

It has been another freezing start to the day for most of the country - and one town in the South Island recorded -6C this morning.Twizel was the coldest spot in the country at 7am, according to Mackenzie Country Weather NZ, followed... Read...

STAY IN THE KNOW. SIGN UP TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERS HERE. A gentle - weather-wise at least - return to the classroom is on the way for Kiwi kids tomorrow.The ridge of high pressure which moved onto the country yesterday will... Read...

Shasta Pomeroy isn`t only the first Fairbanks crime scene investigator, she`s the first in the state. Read...

Duck-shooting season is underway, and fine weather conditions are giving the birds an upper hand. Read...

By Charlotte Cook of RNZ National grid operator Transpower says the hydro lake levels are at 67 per cent of where they would normally be at this time of year, but there is no cause for worry yet.New Zealand`s biggest energy consumer,... Read...

National grid operator Transpower says the hydro lake levels are 67 percent of where they would normally be at this time of year, but there is no cause for worry yet. Read...