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Wellington Hospital is being forced to spend millions of dollars extra sending patients to private providers for MRI and CT scans as its old scanning machines fail to cope.

Wild weather has caused flooding, road and bridge closures, schools to shut for the day, and snow to low levels - and MetService warns it is not over yet.

Wild weather continues to blast much of Aotearoa tonight, with dozens of MetService warnings.

The fisheries minister is considering an application from the hapū of Taranaki iwi to ban shellfish collection along their coastline for two years.

Residents of the central North Island town of Ohakune are optimistic a booming winter is on the way after two years of Covid-19 uncertainty.

Auckland's Covid-19 vaccination centres are starting to also offer flu vaccines to those eligible, ahead of what is expected to be a surge of cases over winter.

It is the next step in the gradual opening of the border after it was slammed shut in March 2020 as part of the government's Covid-19 response.

Police say they still aim to look in the depths of Lake Wakatipu for the body of a skydiver if they can.

Rising salaries for farm workers are due to a tight labour market, forcing farm managers to do more to retain staff, according to Rabobank.

The Gibbons, Muir and Pararaha Valley tracks will open again, after an upgrade costing two million dollars. Audio

Wairewa's long abandoned thermal resort is being marketed as having extraordinary potential for tourism as the current owners look for a development partner or buyer. Audio

Storm-damaged Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay are bracing for the onslaught of more heavy rain as Cyclone Fili bears down on the east coast of the North Island. Audio

She was raped by an ex-boyfriend, then further traumatised by her interactions with colleagues, police and ACC.

Outbreak of flu in New Caledonia; back in the air for Tahitians; and new president for French territory Influenza outbreak in New Caledonia New Caledonia is being hit by a...

The closure of most of New Zealand's last remaining scallop beds around Auckland and Northland is being labelled a dramatic last ditch effort to save the species.

The Omicron outbreak is causing visitor spending to tank in Taranaki after it held its own during earlier stages of the pandemic.

A new record for heavy rainfall has been set by this week's torrential downpours.

Canterbury nurses who volunteer for extra shifts in aged care are getting payments of $350 per night for covering chronic Covid-related staff shortages.

The group's stores, excluding Auckland, were closed for 23 percent of normal trading days.

As Aucklanders clean up from the wild weather, parts of Bay of Plenty and Gisborne may be next in the firing line. Audio