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For north Canterbury farmer Richard Wilding, three years of drought has been worse than the Kaikōura earthquake that damaged his farm and wrecked his home.

A Central Otago property with the rights to extract 236 million litres of water each year is on the market, as thousands call for bottled water exports to stop.

A crocodile grabbed the 18-year-old's left arm as he got out of a northern Australian river.

A couple and their 4-year-old child were winched to safety after they were surrounded by floodwater in New South Wales.

Canterbury anglers say the chance of catching a salmon is about the same as winning Lotto because of dwindling stocks.

In a world first, the river is about to gain the same legal status as a person.

Farmers say growing the dairy industry and reducing agriculture's environmental footprint is achievable, despite the Ministry for the Environment saying otherwise.

Nick Bollinger digests a second serving from South Island singer-songwriter Nadia Reid.

Late last year we asked for passionately told stories from filmmakers across the nation. Here are the seven projects that made the cut.

A resident who saw his front yard quickly fill up with water in yesterday's widespread flooding had to rip the bars out of a window to get to safety.

Aucklanders are managing to save enough water to avoid a boil notice, as silt and debris clog the city's main treatment plant at Ardmore. Audio

Parts of Northland are cleaning up after the soggy weekend and last week's huge rainstorm

Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to legendary cartoonist Murray Ball as a kind man with a strong social conscience. Audio

Aucklanders have met calls to save water but the city's supplier says that needs to be sustained.

Aucklanders are not yet saving enough water to definitely avoid a city-wide boil water notice after the city's main water treatment plant was swamped with silt and debris.

Music festival attendees had to help others from being swept downstream in chest-high water, when the banks of the river behind the event split late last night.

A man has had to be rescued from his flooded car, a music festival has been partly evacuated and roads have closed in the Coromandel after record-breaking rainfalls.

A record amount of rain has fallen in Auckland as a deluge hits the upper North island tonight, cutting power and bringing down a cliff on Waiheke Island.