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1400 lightning strikes, snow in the south
MetService says most strikes were in the North Island, there's snow in the south and Auckland's emergency is being called off early. Audio
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Coromandel cleans up after fourth major storm in five months
To the Coromandel Peninsula where they've had their fourth major storm in five months.
Businesses and locals are feeling the effects of their fragile roading network - and the lashing of severe… Video, Audio
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Torrential rain leaves roads closed after flooding and slips
The weather has eased in North Island regions hit by torrential rainfall on Tuesday and overnight, but thunderstorms are today forecast for the west coast and bottom of the North Island and the top of… Audio
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Auckland Transport says to expect more weather-related disruptions
The torrential rain in Auckland yesterday caused major disruptions to the public transport network and left many commuters stranded in the rain for hours.
Throughout the day, train, ferry and bus… Audio
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Waist-deep flooding in some BOP areas
The heavy rain warning for Bay of Plenty was lifted early this morning after thunderstorms caused slips, flooding and road closures across the region.
Civil Defence teams were on alert overnight… Audio
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Warkworth Community Response group kicks in after flooding
Slips and surface flooding have caused general chaos around the top of the North Island. This latest bout of weather's closed SH1 through the Brynderwyns and the Dome Valley between Auckland and… Audio
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More than 300 emergency calls as torrential rain and thunderstorms batter North Island
Rain that caused flooding in Auckland on Tuesday has moved towards the Bay of Plenty, with up to 100 millimetres of rain expected to fall in the region.
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Piha reopens to public months after Cyclone Gabrielle damage
After more than two months, Aucklanders can finally head back to their famous black sand surf beach, Piha.
Cyclone Gabrielle left a wave of destuction on the region's west coast, meaning only Piha… Video, Audio
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Auckland's Albany Senior High School ordered shut as measles case investigated
Students and staff at an Auckland high school are being told to stay away while health authorities investigate a case of measles.
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High winds and heavy rain as weather system moves south
Northland has escaped any major problems from the weather so far, but Emergency Management is expecting further downpours this afternoon.
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Lines company monitoring situation as weather system moves south
There have been some heavy rainfalls recorded overnight in Northland as a belt of wet and windy weather moves across the upper North Island.
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Pacific news in brief for April 26
Round-up of news from New Caledonia, Samoan, Fiji and the Cook Islands
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'The cavalry has not yet arrived' - Staff shortages hit Auckland urgent care clinics
New Zealand's largest privately-owned healthcare group is having to intermittently close urgent care and general practice clinics.
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Communications staff increase by 50% since Labour came into government - National
The number of communications staff working in the core public service has tipped over the 500 mark, an increase of more than 50 percent since Labour took office.
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How fighting a cost-of-living crisis wasn't always about tightening your own belt
Most people today cope with the rising cost of living individually, but not so long ago many workers approached the same problem in far more collective ways, Toby Boraman writes.
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Tornadoes damage about 100 properties after storms sweep across NZ
About 50 properties have been damaged after a tornado tore through the Tasman district near Nelson on Monday afternoon.
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Audio students, staff in limbo as MAINZ to close
Te Pūkenga has officially decided to close Auckland's MAINZ campus, leaving music and audio students in limbo, and tutors out of jobs.
The organisation in charge of bringing together New Zealand's 16… Video, Audio
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Coromandel keen for visitors over Easter weekend
Easter would normally be boom times on the Coromandel Peninsula, a playground for Auckland escapees.
But the indefinite closure of State Highway 25A - a main route to a number of holiday hotspots -… Audio
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Wintry weather: 10-metre sea swells, plummeting temperatures
Ten-metre sea swells buffeted Wellington's coast and temperatures dropped to single figures in Northland and Auckland as the wintry weather continued to bite. Audio
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Timeline to reopen SH1 through Mangamuka Gorge to be revealed this week
Waka Kotahi is revealing 'a timeline to reopening' State Highway One over the Mangamuka Gorge on Friday as the road undergoes a $100 million repair job.
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Students feel blindsided by last-minute closure of respected Auckland music school
A student at a respected music school says she was given just over two weeks' notice that her course had been called off.
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Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand close to closure
An Auckland music school which boasts alumni like Joel Little, who produced Lorde's first album and also co produced songs with Taylor Swift, is facing closure.
Students at the Auckland music school… Audio
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Aucklanders speak up for libraries in face of budget cuts
Aucklanders have just a few hours left to have their say on sweeping cuts the council's proposing to meet a massive shortfall in its annual budget.
The region's libraries stand to lose funding… Video, Audio
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Northland councils say $250m needed to fix thousands of slips
Northland Mayoral Forum chair Vince Cocurullo says Cyclone Gabrielle exacerbated existing infrastructure damage, spreading across the region like smallpox.
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Hundertwasser Art Centre narrowly avoids closure
Cyclone Gabrielle was almost the final nail in the coffin for the $33 million tourist attraction.
