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A second investigation into a commercial jet boat crash that injured nine tourists near Queenstown is due to begin today.

Flash flooding in recent days has cut off many roads and washed out a number of villages in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province.

As operations ramp up on the West Coast to re-enter Pike River mine, in another small mining town minds are turning to another tragedy underground - the death of 34 men and boys in Kaitangata in 1879.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Oma could cross the southern Queensland coast within days after changing direction overnight and continuing to move closer to the Australian mainland, the Bureau of Meteorology…

Documents from 2012 released by the Pike River families show the handling of exhibits from the mine was mismanaged, with the inquiry head at the time describing the chain of evidence as "diabolical".

Contact Energy is investigating how a slip at its Wairakei Power Station site polluted the Waikato River today.

The death of possibly hundreds of natives eels, dumped on a river bank by the Hawke's Bay Regional Council, is being investigated by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Video

Nelson-Tasman is struggling with its driest weather in decades, with Golden Bay now in a one-in-20-year drought.

The body of a driver trapped under water when a truck plunged into a river near Ōpōtiki has been recovered.

Some families of Pike River mine victims suspect a piece of vital evidence may have been spirited away by the mining company and lost. Audio

Two men who jumped into the Kawarau River to try to save a dog have been rescued after getting stranded on a bank.

First there were floods, then fire and now drought with a water scientist saying the Tasman district is facing its worst drought since 2001.

Coastal North Taranaki is very dry. There's a lot of feeding out taking place and, because of the shortage of feed, animals are being culled. Another hot dry week in Mid-Canterbury's allowed arable…

Gisborne District Council says it has just 24 hours' worth of water left in its reservoir storage after a major leak was discovered in the water mains. Audio

Labour and National pointed fingers at each other for the cancellation of a select committee this week but what's a committee and who is to blame?

The cancellation of a select committee yesterday over a political spat was an erosion of democracy that puts real people in harm's way, one of the people who had spent weeks preparing to submit at the…

Waikato District Health Board is demanding a new inquest for a man who took his own life after walking out of a mental health unit, a move that has dismayed his family.

Houseflies and cockroaches will thrive as bees, butterflies and beetles decline, says a new analysis.

Video - Safety will be the main consideration as residents of the Tasman town of Wakefield go back home today, civil defence says. Video