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Three supermarkets are trailing facial recognition to help identify people that have previously acted violent or threatening in store.

Parents and caregivers of Wellington high school students are worried by an outbreak of measles, with thousands of close contacts identified and students in isolation.

Some properties will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix and could take as long as a year to get sorted out.

The crash had blocked southbound lanes of State Highway 1 north of Christchurch.

The rest of the week's weather forecast should bring some relief for parts of the country.

Southland and Clutha remain under a local state of emergency and thousands of properties are still without power. Audio

A powerful Tasman Sea storm is continuing to lash much of the country, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and snow.

For busy schools heading into the end of the school year, the timeline for a new maths curriculum is unrealistic, say education experts.

Billy is quite the character and Cate Smith describes him as her mother's one true love.

As travellers return home from the long weekend, crashes have closed or backed up parts of the main highway.

Mayor Tania Tapsell says reforms may finally bring Blue Baths back to life.

Last week's site blessing, led by Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, marked the beginning of stage one works of the Lincoln $10.4 million town centre upgrade.

Forecasters issue widespread warnings for heavy rain, gales and snow across much of the country on Monday.

The red-and-blacks have now won 10 titles, since the competition was revamped in 2006.

Wild weather has helped fan flames in many areas of the country and a ban on open-air fires will stay in place until Monday.

MetService warns of a "burst of severe weather" on the public holiday, disrupting travel plans across the country.

Volunteers are nearing completion of the first leg of a new trail for walkers, runners and cyclists in South Canterbury.

Transpower's network is fully operational, but power distribution companies have been hard hit.

Firegrounds at Kaikōura and Leader Road at Waiau were expected to be handed back to landowners on Friday.

While Craig Mackle was re-elected as Kaikōura Mayor, he was not yet sworn in, and could not declare a civil defence emergency during Thursday's weather.