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The Hawke's Bay settlement of Pakowhai is between two cities - Napier and Hastings - and two rivers.

When Cyclone Gabrielle ripped through, those rivers breached their stopbanks and unleashed a… Read more Video, Audio

Large areas of the North Island and parts of the South are bracing for severe thunderstorms, after the MetService issued fresh warnings today.

The severe thunderstorms are predicted from Northland… Read more Video, Audio

The seven-day isolation period for people testing positive for Covid will stay in place for at least the next two months.

Most of the Covid rules were scrapped in September, but the isolation period… Read more Video, Audio

Chaos on the Cook Strait is bolstering business for one regional airline. Some people stranded on either side of the straight due to ferry cancellations are chartering flights.

Both Bluebridge and… Read more Video, Audio

For many New Zealanders, along with its religious significance, Easter also means a four-day weekend and some quality time with the family.

Some shops are allowed to open throughout the weekend… Read more Video, Audio

It's a mystery of modern cuisine and the first of it's kind in New Zealand.

One man has blown the minds of an Auckland subway by ordering a whopping footlong sandwich with all the meats and all the… Read more Video, Audio

It's been a journey of epic proportions, but after 237 days and 14,000km, Australian Michelle Lee has become the first woman to row the Pacific Ocean solo and unassisted.

She set off from Mexico in… Read more Video, Audio

As cyclone hit communities rebuild this lives, pests have been making the most of the chaos, destruction and abandoned homes.

Tired of seeing rats have free run, residents are taking matters into… Read more Audio

NZ grocery suppliers have been warned that pressuring an online supermarket to increase prices would amount to breaking the law.

Auckland-based online supermarket, Supie, says multiple suppliers are… Read more Audio

With Easter just around the corner, you might find shopping for chocolate a bit pricier this year.

Infometrics economist Brad Olsen has done the numbers. He reckons this year's chocolate bunnies and… Read more Audio

If you're literally taking off on an Easter break Thursday is Air NZ's busiest of the weekend. Demand is up almost 70 percent on the same time last year.

Among those travelling, 5800 unaccompanied… Read more Video, Audio