“One of the most important needs is helping you back into your homes and to your normal lives.”

Jacinda Ardern met with civil defence workers and will tour the region on Monday to look at flood damage.

State Highway 59 between Paekākāriki and Pukerua Bay could be closed for several weeks after a slip that came down on Friday was assessed as highly unstable.

A group of good Samaritans spotted cleaning up a Taranaki beach have been identified – and the father of four said it was something they had been doing for years.

Most vehicles are banned from a one-block area of Queen St, but thousands have been pinged after ignoring or not seeing the signs.

One of the Taranaki Airs starting five has jetted off with the Tall Blacks to play some friendly games in Japan.

After back-to-back losses to the second-placed Tokomanawa Queens, the Auckland-based outfit finish the regular season in style.

The cyclist has been taken to Christchurch Hospital following the central city crash.

There were cups of tea for returning evacuees while people and organisations take stock of the damage and start the long, slow slog of cleaning up the mess - and a new heavy rain watch for the western Tasman region.

A 2-1 win over Palmerston North Marist has put Moturoa into next weekend’s Federation Cup final.

From a "fantastic" firefighter rescue, to the devastation of losing a home: residents of a Nelson street devastated in a deluge share their stories.

A new Marvel is unearthed, while an Irish black comedy brings out the best from a terrific female ensemble.

He was an ambulance volunteer for 67 years, a brass member for 65 years, a volunteer film usher for 60 years - and a fruit picker for most of his life.

The 36-hectare block was Māori freehold land until an Air Force Officer decided it should host an emergency airfield in World War II.

The scrapping of overdue book fines is being viewed as one reason for an increase in people using the Timaru District Library.

The award recognises the work of Charmaine Farquhar; a Palmerston North glazier who's career has gone from strength to strength in four short years.

Canterbury, Tasman, Wellington and Auckland all lost as the competition's smaller provinces produced some outstanding performances.

There's no questioning the effort within the Southland Stags group at the moment, it's a lack of skill execution that's halted winning chances in all three of its 2022 NPC outings to date.

High schools in Nelson switch to online learning due to affected staff, and to support emergency efforts.

The Christchurch school's board say it will challenge the Ministry of Education's decision to limit student numbers to 400.