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Damien O'Connor is confident Northland farmers and growers will survive a record-breaking drought. Audio

Four years, 1300 submissions and almost $3 million later, Marlborough's environment plan is finally complete.

An Orewa local is dishing out water from his own mains supply for his community as the upper North Island continues to suffer from a severe meteorological drought.

Four people from Bougainville are recovering in Solomon Islands after being adrift for a month at sea.

Analysis - Winston Peters comes out swinging after Simon Bridges rules out working with NZ First post-election and National's leader ruffles feathers at Waitangi.

Tuvalu's recovery from Cyclone Tino has been boosted with a $US6.2 million grant from the World Bank. Audio

The Southland town of Mataura has been reopened to residents after evacuations for flooding yesterday morning.

All outdoor water use has been banned in Kaitaia with no significant rain forecast for the next few weeks.

The swollen, brown Mataura River is still thundering under the road and rail bridges in Gore.

Residents of low-lying areas of Gore and Mataura are being evacuated as river levels rise and people in a third Southland town, Wyndham, are being told they will have to leave. Audio

Money set aside for infrastructure projects in Marlborough is not being spent as the council struggles with a shortage of "council staffing, professional services and contractors".

Some iwi leaders are backing a plan that would see major iwi back off from taking court action over Māori water rights.

A state of emergency remains in force for Tuvalu as the government continues to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Tino.

Northland's mayors are throwing their weight into a new joint campaign to bring more multi-million dollar infrastructure into the region.

A relic of New Zealand's rail past has emerged from the mud 93 years after being dumped in a Southland River. Video

Six volunteer firefighters have been injured after a water tanker rolled on New South Wales' South Coast as the crew battled a fire.

Drought on Vanuatu's southern island of Aniwa has created competition for food between villagers and their livestock, a teacher says.

Water cuts are looming in pockets of the country drying up without significant rainfall in sight, as Northland kiwi face starvation because of parched land. Audio

As a new decade dawns much of the Pacific is grappling with major upheavals, from climate and health crises to self-determination struggles. Jamie Tahana and Johnny Blades look at the state of play.

An avocado orchard in the Far North has been vandalised - alongside the words "water thieves" - in an apparent protest against water usage in the parched region.