Local authorities say the adrenaline has worn off and in its place is the scale of the damage in flood-hit communities on the North Island's east coast.

More than two decades after departing St Bede's College Fr Rowan Donoghue was unmasked as sexually abusing boys in his care.

Police say they didn't tend the Mt Maunganui campground after receiving a call about a disorder incident referencing a potential landslip hours before a deadly landslide.

Neighbours have described their shock and sadness at the death of a woman at a property in rural Canterbury.

A woman who arrived at Christchurch Hospital's emergency department in acute pain died the next day after staff missed signs she had sepsis.

The family of a child and grandmother killed when a landslide hit a house in Tauranga say they're "absolutely devastated" by the loss of a "treasured son" and his "beloved Nai Nai".

A police employee allegedly stalked a woman he regularly worked alongside after she rejected his advances.