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The Picton - Christchurch railway line is closed by slips, flooding and debris. So is the Palmerston North - Gisborne line.

Civil Defence kept a storm watch overnight. Severe gales are expected to continue in Northland, Auckland, the Coromandel Peninsula and the central North Island high country.

The storm moving down the country is making itself felt from Northland to Nelson as high winds and heavy rain cause slips, flooding, power outages and road closures and force people to evacuate their…

Parts of the North Island could be badly flooded if a storm expected from 3pm onwards on Tuesday, is as strong as forecast.

MetService has issued another severe storm warning for the already sodden north of the country as crews work to clear up the mess left by the weekend's weather bomb.

The number of households without electricity after the severe storm in the North Island is steadily falling. The storm toppled trees, brought down power lines and caused flooding and road closures.

The severe storm that has toppled power lines and trees in Northland has forced the closure of Whangarei's central business district. Further south, thousands of people have had to leave Mt Ruapehu…

A temporary manager has been appointed to oversee the running of another rest home, the Birkenhead Lodge Rest Home on Auckland's North Shore.

Aged care providers are demanding to know more about a list of rest homes identified by health officials as having problems with safety, as fears grow of a nationwide failure within the sector.

Some ambulance staff have aired anonymous allegations on a website about cases of neglect they say they have observed in rest homes. The Ministry of Health says it has not received any formal…

A crash involving two cars and a truck has closed the centre lanes of the Auckland Harbour Bridge in both directions.

The Ministry of Health has taken further action against the Belhaven rest home in Epsom and its owner-manager after an incident in which an elderly resident had her mouth taped shut.

Royal Tongan Airlines says the non availability of spares and maintenance requirements has forced it to cancel all domestic services. The Tonga Broadcasting Corporation reports that both the airlines…

Commercial airlines flying across the Pacific are searching for an alternative emergency landing strip after a US military decision to close the runway on remote Johnston Atoll in Micronesia. Twin...