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MetService has issued a strong wind warning for the lower North Island and parts of the South Island on Saturday.

All were in the North Island and involve people killed since 1 August - half were in Auckland.

The death will be referred to the coroner.

Christchurch Police have been made aware of a male making suspicious approaches to school girls and other young people.

How do you stop birds colliding with New York's skyscrapers and how can New Zealand farmers benefit from birds and other wildlife? These are just some of the questions Dr Sara Kross has been trying to…

"I've been farming on my own account for 52 years and cut down a fair share of trees, so now is my time to leave this place better than we found it," Chris Bolderston told Country Life.

The governance reform saga at New Zealand Rugby is over with the search for a new board now set to begin.

A wet and windy Saturday is forecast for some as a front moves up the country with more settled but cooler weather expected on Sunday.

The men are charged with receiving stolen vehicles and police aren't ruling out more arrests.

The move comes after police confirmed it had arrested every member of the gang's Christchurch chapter in a major drug bust.

NIWA divers found evidence of Mediterranean fanworm during a routine pest survey at the multi-purpose wharf in Port Chalmers last week.

Thursday and Friday will see sun and dry conditions for most places, but wetter conditions are expected to arrive on Saturday.

Emergency services were called to a Barrington Street property on Wednesday afternoon - but police are not confirming a child died.

Rangiora High School installed sensors with cameras in toilet corridors.

A Tongan tapa cloth presented to prime minister Norman Kirk has come out of storage to show off its full beauty.

Police say officers are in the early stages of determining what happened.

A Christchurch couple want to lay claim to $232k cash they found tucked away in their ceiling in five dusty, vacuum sealed plastic bricks. Audio

A woman whose childhood memories were wiped out in a horsing accident wants the law changed to recognise horse riders as vulnerable road users. Audio

Christchurch has more pokie machines per capita than any other main centre and the council is worried about the rise in online gambling.

Instead, its been recommended the council support a national bid led by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

Some species long thought to be native to New Zealand are actually Australian immigrants, new research has found. Audio

Firefighters battling a blaze in Waipara say overnight rain has both helped and hindered their cause.

Many beekeepers are expecting to make a loss due to an ongoing glut of honey.