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When Kaikōura's Lyell Creek threatened to burst its banks, Emporium Brewing owner Paul Finney tried to barricade the doors to stop floodwater surging through the building.

A midwife has told an inquest she made the wrong call when deciding to move a 33-year-old woman who had just had a seizure and subsequently died during birth.

Damage caused by this week's storm that lashed the South Island is becoming clearer, as raging rivers recede off peaks across Te Wai Pounamu.

The New Zealand Transport Agency has published its Major Transport Projects Pipeline, laying out the phases it plans to implement the Roads of National Significance and public transport projects.

Work is under way to repair the flood-damaged State Highway 1 south of Kaikōura, while other weather-affected South Island roads are reopening today.

The government has to walk a "careful path", standing up against China trampling on the Pacific's anti-nuclear values while recognising it's our biggest trading partner, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says.

An investigation into a senior police officer's handling of over 50 cases began after supervisors noticed a historical sexual abuse case had sat for a couple of years with no investigations being done.

Just 60% of families who are meant to benefit from a weekly fuel relief payment have received it to date.