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Pasture, the three-hatted, six-seater Auckland restaurant that has been named among the world's best, has closed permanently and abruptly just shy of its seventh birthday.

A public health researcher is calling for an inquiry into what could have happened during Cyclone Gabrielle under different circumstances.

Auckland Transport has turned down pleas for a passenger rail service between Huapai and the city despite having some rail cars at its disposal.

The woman was seriously injured after her quad bike slipped 50 metres down a bank in Auckland's Rodney District.

Racing Minister Kieran McAnulty has approved a deal for a British company to partner with the TAB, and is considering banning other forms of online betting.

Firefighters in the Rangitikei district in the central North Island are helping to evacuate people living alongside a swollen stream.

A fatal crash closed northbound lanes on the Southern Motorway at Ōtara for several hours early this morning.

Wild weather has hit the upper North Island, closing the Auckland Harbour Bridge several times and cutting power in some regions.

A Southland-Otago department store chain has announced it will shut its doors after more than 120 years in business.

Until recently Waka Kotahi was not factoring climate change and the need for resilience into many of its transport projects.

The devastated stretch of SH2 between Napier and Wairoa has reopened, and reporter Kate Green drove the highway to get an early glimpse of how it lies now.

The owners of a popular West Auckland restaurant say severe weather and continued road closures over the past few months has forced them out of business.

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

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

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.

Students and staff at an Auckland high school are being told to stay away while health authorities investigate a case of measles.

Northland has escaped any major problems from the weather so far, but Emergency Management is expecting further downpours this afternoon.

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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