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Police have confirmed the name of the 34-year-old man from the Philippines who drowned in southern Wairarapa yesterday.

As the holiday period draws to a close, the mass of holiday-makers returning to cities is causing some delays.

Moves by the Nelson City Council to accommodate freedom campers have angered some locals, but delighted those who prefer a free-wheeling holiday, reports Tracy Neal.

Authorities are warning of high levels of faecal pollution at some of Melbourne's most popular beaches after recent flash flooding, sparking concerns about gastroenteritis.

The body of a man who was swept out to sea in southern Wairarapa yesterday has been recovered.

At least 39 people, including more than a dozen foreigners, were killed in the New Year's Eve gun attack, the Turkish interior minister has said.

It started with Bowie, ended with Bill and was riddled in between with seismic jolts both physical and political. If you were after a quiet year, 2016 wasn't it.

A Canterbury councillor blames three years of drought and irrigation over-allocation for the Selwyn River's dire state.

A person has drowned after they slipped into a water hole in the Wainui River near Tauranga this afternoon.

Plunket is reminding people to supervise children around water at all times, while Water Safety NZ has set a target of no drownings over the holidays.

Louise McNutt is riding two Kaimanawa horses from Cape Reinga to Bluff to try and save the breed from slaughter at the biennial muster. The 30-year-old from Central Hawke's Bay...

The light punishment handed out to a landowner who dammed a stream near Porotī Springs and dug out a wetland is unacceptable, the spring's Māori owners say.

An elderly man has died after the mobility scooter he was driving went into the Whakatāne river.

There's been no reprieve from the rain affecting parts of Fiji despite a tropical depression to the west moving away from the Fiji group.

The Fiji meteorological service says people living in flood prone areas should prepare after a low pressure system near Fiji developed into a tropical disturbance.

A group of Pike River families and their supporters have unveiled a new re-entry plan for the mine. Video

MP David Shearer has given his valedictory speech in Parliament this evening, ahead of his new role running the UN mission in South Sudan.

We ask political commentators Ben Thomas, Carrie Stoddart-Smith and Stephanie Rodgers what to expect now that there's a new prime minster in the House.