Fast-tracking commissioners want the height of some buildings reduced by 5 storeys.

Resident Kylee Davison heard a “big sound of thunder” before the whole house started “creaking and shaking”.

The storms will bring heavy rain, large hail and strong gusts of wind, as well as possible small tornados.

The tornado struck Orini Combined School, east of Huntly, shortly before 2.50pm.

”I’m focused on one party’s outcome and that’s NZ First,” the party leader Winston Peters said.

Kinanti Desyanandini is a renter investing in KiwiSaver for retirement, not a house. New research shows she may be wealthier than the average homeowner in her retirement years.

When Laura left her ex-partner, he became obsessed with her. A court found he perpetrated psychological violence. But now she's left with the bill.

For weeks the letters have stood on the grass outside the Plymouth International Hotel, where they were seen by thousands of drivers.

In the early 1990s, the coastal town of Thames crossed an important threshold. It became “hyper-aged”. This dynamic is coming to a town near you.

A month later Brown's competitors are still reflecting on their bruising loss, and one’s even pointed a finger at former mayor Phil Goff.

One person has been taken into custody after armed police and the Eagle helicopter searched Auckland's Rosehill.

"I’ve never seen anything like it," an Auckland resident said after thunderstorms whipped up two waterspouts off the city's coastline.

MacLean had key roles in overseeing the Pike River Mine and Christchurch enquiries and was an advocate for increased reporting of suicides.

Dr Tim Malloy hasn't had a undisturbed family Christmas in 15 years. Now he's leading a charge for GPs feeling humilated by the care they're able to provide.

Peeni Henare has met with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv to “see for myself and hear first-hand the sacrifice Ukrainian citizens” have made.

Footage catches all the action, but local business owners say ramraids are taking a toll on their neighbourhood.

The defence minister has visited Kyiv, becoming the first New Zealand minister to go to Ukraine while the war with Russia rages on.

The boss of Taranaki racing has scotched safety concerns raised by animal welfare groups, after a horse injured during a race was later put down.

A decision overturning controversial consents allowing two companies to extract water from Christchurch aquifers will be argued before NZ’s highest court.

Police say the officer, who took a swing at someone being arrested during Toa Samoa celebrations, fell “below expected standards”.