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Police are now in a position to confirm one person has died, following a serious crash in Counties Manukau on Saturday night. Emergency services were called to the crash on Clevedon Road, Papakura at 9.30pm. The person died at the scene. The Serious ... Read more...

The union representing rail workers is calling upon Dunedin City Council to do the right thing at its meeting on Tuesday 13 April when it decides on the future of Dunedin Railways. Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) General Secretary Wayne Butson ... Read more...

The Marton community is having a grand opening for Te Āhuru Mōwai, their new destination playground, at 10am on Saturday 17 April. The playground is four years in the making and cost $1.3m, nearly all of which was raised through grants and donations from ... Read more...

Emergency services are attending a serious crash on Wairere Drive, Hamilton. Police were alerted to the two-vehicle crash, which occurred between Hukanui Road and Resolution Drive, at around 3:05pm. Three people are being transported to hospital, one with ... Read more...

Police and emergency services searching for a missing boatie in Tikitiki, Gisborne have today located a body about nine kilometres from where the boat overturned yesterday afternoon. The boat overturned three kilometres south of the Awatere River mouth. ... Read more...

Police are urging motorists to take care on the roads with bad weather causing issues in the upper North Island this afternoon. Rain and wind is affecting conditions and Police have attended a number of crashes today, including 18 in Tāmaki Makaurau ... Read more...

Yesterday, while local residents attended an emergency meeting of the Environment Court on the Western Springs Forest, Auckland Council contractors began cutting down native trees in the forest. “We were gutted to find, at the end of the day’s ... Read more...

Waikato Police have arrested three people and seized a large quantity of methamphetamine and cash in relation to the ongoing disruption to organised crime in the Waikato. A search warrant was executed on Wednesday afternoon by the Waikato Organised Crime ... Read more...

Rainfall:   Yesterday Past 7 days Hūnua Ranges 0.5mm 1mm Waitākere Ranges 0mm 0.5mm       Dam storage (in total):n to Today: 51.06% Yesterday: 51.29% Normal for this time of year: 77.3% Water consumption: Target for ... Read more...

Organisers of the agricultural badge of honour, the Zanda McDonald Award are gearing up for the 2021 New Zealand Award celebrations, announcing that the ceremony will take place at Whangara Farms, the first place in the world to see the sun, at a special ... Read more...