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Trees smashed into homes and vehicles, planes were turned away at Auckland Airport and power is out across the city as a short but powerful storm struck the city.

A low is sweeping across the country bringing wild weather, with damaging winds, snow and rain. Here's the essential information by region.

Tornadoes have caused damage to homes in two North Island towns and power has been cut to about 12,000 people as the storm moves towards Auckland.

A pilot programme aimed at tackling domestic violence is unable to say how many victims and perpetrators have been helped.

A woman and her young daughter have been attacked in their home in Hamilton.

One person has died after a truck and a vehicle crashed on State Highway 1 near Cambridge this morning.

The Easter holiday road toll stands at six, four more than last year's total.

A hunter has died after being shot in the chest in the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park in Waikato.

Two children who died after a car and a truck crashed on the Desert Road on Friday have been named as Arteen and Radeen Mosaferi.

The Desert Road is closed after a crash involving two cars and two truck and trailer units left a young child dead, and four other people in hospital.

One person is dead after a crash between a car and a truck on the Desert Road this afternoon, while another person died following a crash in Bay of Plenty this morning.

A police-led programme to tackle domestic violence has drawn up thousands of safety plans for at-risk families but appears to be actually helping in only a very small number of cases.

A 17-year-old man has been arrested over the robbery of a Hamilton dairy in which the owner was attacked with a machete.

Emergency services in Northland are at the scene of a fatal crash on State Highway 12 near Paparoa.

The dangers of crossing Ngāruawāhia's rail bridge - which claimed the life of a young girl last night - are well-known by locals, but they say they can't stop people from doing it.

The 11-year-old killed by a train on a rail bridge in Ngāruawāhia, north of Hamilton, was playing with friends and unable to get out of the way, Waikato's mayor says. Audio

Angry dairy and convenience store owners in Hamilton are demanding that the government fund cigarette vending machines in shops to help discourage robberies.

A girl has died after being hit by a freight train on a railway bridge at Ngāruawāhia, north of Hamilton.

A Hamilton shopkeeper has been left with significant injuries after three robbers with a hammer arrived as he was opening.

A man disguised in a wig and glasses has robbed a Hamilton bank after threatening a teller and bank customers.

A dairy owner attacked with a machete says he tried to use his karate skills to fend off the attackers.