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Power Play: Taking a page right out of the John Key playbook, rookie National MP Chris Luxon has addressed his religious beliefs head on, Jane Patterson writes.

A Taranaki composting business has been told its understanding of how to legally manage fresh water is at the very least, unusual.

New Plymouth is suggesting a lack of submissions on its draft long-term plan must mean ratepayers "are fine" about a decade of huge rates hikes.

The story of a seabird translocation to Mana Island, involving fluffy white-faced storm petrel chicks, artificial burrows and sardine smoothies.

A Samoan-NZ lifeguard is encouraging Pasifika to take up swimming lessons in the wake of a report highlighting their over-representation in drowning statistics.

The way in which Waitomo Mayor John Robertson announced the district is planning a nil rates increase for the coming financial year did not escape criticism from its councillors.

Analysis - It's not entirely surprising that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has quit her weekly Newstalk ZB interview with Mike Hosking. After all, it was a tough interview each week.

Australian miner Oceana Gold has come in for plaudits from the Department of Conservation for its restoration work at the former Globe Progress goldmine near Reefton.

Inexperience, personality clashes and infrastructure costs are at the root of ongoing council infighting around the country, a long-time councillor says.

Three earthquakes off the coast of New Zealand today has meant threat of tsunami for many on the coast, prompting towns to be evacuated with people sheltering on high ground.

In the last episode of Fragments, presenter Katy Gosset takes a look back at how many of the interviewees crossed paths - people who didn't know each other ended up in the same place.

A magnitude 8.1 quake is very large and could trigger considerable aftershocks each of which could pose a tsunami threat as well, says a geophysics professor.

Communities in tsunami zones on the east coast of the North Island have been scrambling to move to safety, with civil leaders urging residents keep up-to-date with news alerts.

An 8.1 earthquake has struck near the Kermadec Islands, the third severe quake this morning, prompting an order to evacuate to higher ground. Here's what you need to know.

The SpaceX company has managed to land one of its Starship prototypes at the end of a high-altitude test flight. But that wasn't the end of the story.

RNZ's Katy Gosset was in a shopping mall with her baby when the quake hit. She then had to take a long and circuitous route home negotiating debris, detours and nose-to-tail traffic.

Commemorating the anniversary of the deadly Canterbury quake was a huge undertaking for the media this week.