A local state of emergency was in place for the peninsula, where several hundred people remained without power and many more affected by telecommunications outages.

A local says there have been multiple complaints about dogs roaming in the area and chasing people.

"I pretty much screamed out to my kids 'get your arses up here now!' and I watched the whole thing just slide down the bank."

A state of emergency has been declared in Banks Peninsula, a boil water notice is in place, a river has burst its banks and a highway closed.

Farm Cove residents have sought legal advice, maintaining the development should no longer be allowed under recently changed planning rules.

The multi award-winning musician has told fans that he needs "a cup of tea and a lie down" after nearly two decades in music.

The 44-year-old Auckland woman was arrested last week after a search warrant was carried out by the Police's Auckland City Financial Crime Unit.

Torrential rain and widespread flooding washed out the Lake Ferry Road bridge over the Turangaui River - cutting off settlements in Ngawi, Lake Ferry and Cape Palliser.

Police are seeking the public's help in solving a "high-value burglary" involving gold coins and silver bars.

Excess volumes of unscreened wastewater are going into the sea through the short outfall pipe.

The petition had been filed by the Papatoetoe Ōtara Action Team, which won all four seats on the Local Board subdivision.

Shows like The Pitt, Succession and The White Lotus will live exclusively on the new platform.

The spike in Auckland traffic congestion is known as 'March Madness', but are travel times already picking up?

The Rangitikei mayor wants people to stop taking trips into the back country because they are getting in the way.

A farm worker had to swim stranded sheep to safety after huge downpours at Teddington.

Communities in southern Wairarapa, including Lake Ferry and Cape Palliser, have been cut off.

"I showed up the next day to find my roof tiles absolutely everywhere."