The Tasman District mayor is warning those in flood-hit areas to prepare for the worst again, as more heavy rain and wind are forecast for the top of the South Island.
A teenager’s death from complications after surgery revealed troubling gaps in complex care across the South Island at the time, the Health and Disability Commissioner says.
The US has struck a framework trade agreement with the European Union, imposing a 15% import tariff on most EU goods and averting a bigger trade war between the two allies.
An acquaintance of a couple who ran the French bakery Le Posh said they appear to have fled the country suddenly, leaving a household of personal items.
Two teenagers and their 11-year-old friend spent their Sunday on an almost 190km crime spree up and down the Otago coast, stealing seven cars and evading police spikes, police say.
A school bus driver and a child are in Hawke's Bay hospital after the vehicle hit black ice and skidded into a line of trees this morning near Maraekakaho.
Footage from cameras in billboards at city intersections have been secretly used by the NZ Transport Agency for the first time to spot cars and trucks.