Waterlogged Gisborne is in for another pummelling this evening, with as much as 50 millimetres predicted to fall in the space of an hour.

Here’s a roundup of the biggest updates from March 23 concerning Aotearoa's Omicron outbreak.

Collapse structures at the volcano in the Eastern Bay of Plenty show the shallow crater environment remains dynamic, GeoNet says.

REVIEW: Creating, anchoring and part-directing this downbeat tale, the comedian's greatest trick is subverting expectations and switching genres.

Taranaki leaders, sports clubs and tourism advocates are “breathing a sigh of relief” after hearing Covid-19 rules will soon be loosened. But, hospitality giants want more changes.

South Auckland has been hit by heavy downpours, with basements and garages flooding, and three people getting trapped in their car.

REVIEW: More Drop Dead Gorgeous than Blow Dry, writer-director Rachel Carey's debut is most definitely not for the faint-hearted, or easily offended.

Health experts call for Kiwis to get triple vaccinated and keep wearing masks as gathering limits lift this weekend.

Police are making enquiries after what is understood to be a broad daylight drive-by shooting in a Christchurch suburb.

When Transmission Gully opens, an extra 8000 vehicles are expected to use the road between Porirua and the Hutt Valley. Local mayors welcome work to make SH58 safer.

The two regions combined send more than 90,000 tonnes of organic waste to landfill per year, and are looking for an alternative.

New Plymouth Marist United will have three days to add another Taranaki cricket title to their collection this season.

The new 17-and-a-half-hour flight will easily slot into the list of the world's most bum-numbing routes.

Trips to Palmerston North for cancer treatment could soon be a thing of the past for Taranaki people with funding officially approved for a $35 million cancer centre in New Plymout

The cross-code superstar resumes his unbeaten boxing career with a heavyweight grudge match against the former AFL hardman in Sydney.

An urupā in Tairāwhiti is under threat following heavy rain which has caused severe flooding.

The Southland District Council is considering increasing its forecasted rates rise for the 2022/2023 year to 9.22 per cent.

In the early hours of Wednesday morning bridge over the Mangahauini river was washed away, dividing tiny Tokomaru Bay and leaving the northern East Coast cut off.

Lazkani will join the fifth series of the popular Netflix reality show - and says she sees it as a chance "to really open doors in an industry that has lacked diversity."

Two young people have been arrested after a security guard was assaulted during an aggravated robbery in Te Awamutu.