The Easter holiday road toll has risen to three, after the death of a motorcyclist in Northland.

Actors Cliff Curtis and Jason Momoa, along with director Taika Waititi, have acquired Auckland-based film studio Studio West in a bid to bring more jobs and Polynesian-led storytelling to the country.

The flooding of the Moa Point sewage treatment plant damaged its ''heart and nervous system", Wellington Water says.

Almost six months after parenting expert Nigel Latta died of cancer, his wife clinical psychologist Dr Natalie Flynn is having more good days.

Households face a $55 a week rise in living costs this year partly because of the Middle East conflict, according to ASB economists.