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The police are gearing up to reopen their investigation into the explosion at Pike River, in anticipation of the planned re-entry of the mine later this year.

The driver of a truck that crashed into a patrol car south of Foxton on Thursday night had failed to stop at a road block.

The Defence Force has admitted it stopped using potentially damaging foam for firefighter training much later than it originally said.

A freshwater scientist is warning that the discovery of an algae which can create lake snow in Lake Taupō could be disastrous and needs to be taken seriously.

Gisborne District Council was warned in a report more than seven months ago that forestry debris was likely to cause huge damage in another big storm.

The mother of a man who drowned after leaving the mental health unit at Waikato Hospital unsupervised says concerns for his wellbeing were constantly ignored by hospital staff.

Forestry Minister Shane Jones says he understands the anguish of farmers in the Gisborne region whose land has been damaged by flood-borne logging debris. Audio

About 50 roads remain shut in the Gisborne region after heavy rain caused flooding, slips and trees to fall.

The Buller District Council has backed out of a $5 million plan to buy Holcim cement assets and land on the West Coast.

Torrential rain in the Gisborne area overnight has damaged roads and a bridge and cut off a township, while gales have cut power from the East Coast to Taranaki. Audio

US President Donald Trump has retracted his endorsement of the joint communique issued at the end of the G7 summit, accusing Canada of "dishonesty".

A river of lava from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano has obliterated two entire neighbourhoods on Big Island.

Logging companies operating in Tolaga Bay may be investigated after a deluge of logging debris left strewn over properties, roads and in rivers from flash flooding.

Bridges across the Tolaga Bay catchment are being shut due to flooding, as authorities stay on alert for more heavy rain and flooding in an already-sodden Tolaga. Audio

A woman who climbed onto her roof after her house flooded says logs and water were smashing through the windows.

The last group of evacuees on the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island have left their homes, hours before creeping lava from the Kilauea volcano severed all road access to the area, officials say.