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The community leader says funding hasn't been able to match increased demand. Audio

A round-up ofnews in brief from around the region, including Pacific island nations continuing to call for a mandatory universal levy on carbon emissions from shipping.

Police responded on Monday to reports of the tree blocking Manukau Road, between the intersections of Symonds Street and Lombardy Green.

It will allow homeowners hit by extreme weather know where they stand, emergency management minister says. Audio

Rain up to 40mm an hour and severe thunderstorms are threatening large swathes of the country, with forecasters issuing a glut of warnings and watches. Audio

Opinion - Small businesses are being squeezed from every side, and doing it tougher in some ways even than during the GFC, Antje Fiedler and Benjamin Fath write.

A woman is speaking out about her time in a fundamentalist Christian group, which teaches that women must obey their husband's every wish.

Federated Farmers earlier said land use change was to blame, with farms being converted into carbon forests at alarming rates.

John Hope Muchirahondo was found not guilty on eight charges of sexual offending and the jury could not reach a verdict on five others.

Trains are returning to the Northland railway line after it was closed for 20 months to rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Floods.

Owners outside Auckland's CBD largely back new local restrictions on selling alcohol after 9pm but want scope of objections to licence renewals to be tightened after a 2023 amendment opened the door…

Ruapehu officials are hoping it will help boost tourism in the region.

Ruapehu will blow again in the next 50 years - and what that'll look like is "really uncertain".

The Wynyard Crossing bridge, linking the city centre to businesses in the Quarter, has been stuck upright since March.

The closure of Oji's Penrose paper mill means Aotearoa will be sending another hundred thousand tonnes a year of cleaned waste paper to Malaysia for recycle. Audio

Oji Fibre Solutions Penrose mill is permanently closing, the E tū union says. Audio

Auckland's power company is suggesting people charge their devices as weather-related outages affect north and western parts of the city.

Nearly two years after the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle, repairs are still being made to Scenic Drive in the Waitākere Ranges. Audio

The government is hailing a 22 percent drop in serious assaults in the Auckland CBD, but stats show crime is rising across the region. Audio

Mediawatch looks at a string of bad news about bad vibes in our big cities - with one in particular being singled out.

MetService said more snow is expected on Friday afternoon for the Canterbury High Country. Video

About 56 percent Māori, 60 percent Pacific, 45 percent Asian, and 41 percent Muslim believed stronger limits on freedom of expression are needed to prevent harm. Audio