Evacuations are underway on the East Coast in Onepoto and parts of Te Araroa due to landslide risks.

Those unaccounted for include two Pakuranga college students and a Morrinsville Intermediate School staff member.

A body has been recovered from the Mahurangi River, police say, after a man was swept away in a car on Wednesday.

A former NZ army major says Trump's claim that NATO troops "stayed a little back" is sensationalist and disrespects the families of fallen soldiers.

Temporary repairs to a washed-out bridge on Northland's east coast have restored road access to an area largely cut off from the outside world since last Sunday.

It comes after a woman died at a Clutha property and a man remains in a critical condition in hospital.

Police were notified of a three-vehicle crash, between Oakleigh Rise and Mangapai Rd, at 2.20pm on Saturday.

After 15 years monitoring the cliff as it got worse, a $2m project has now begun to protect the pipe that carries all of Upper Hutt's sewage south.

Police are supporting the family of a man who was swept downstream after falling from a boat in the Bay of Plenty town of Ōpōtiki.

The $80 million BNZ Theatre will be a game-changer for the Waikato arts scene, the Māori soul singer told a sold-out crowd last night.

Sharon Maccanico is missing following the slip, as her relatives hope for a miracle.

Punaruku's Ōtetao Reti Marae led the response to last week's storm, providing shelter, food and power to a community cut off by flooding and slips.

British citizens living in New Zealand will have to get UK passports for their children before they can fly there - as they are automatically citizens, authorities say.

ACC says it will hire nearly 300 more claims management staff, with a focus on getting non-serious injury clients back to work or independence.

Tauranga City Council has ordered an independent review into events leading up to the Mauao landslide, as Ngāi Te Rangi call for a full investigation into what caused it.

Two people have been confirmed dead in a landslide in Pāpāmoa, while search and rescue continue to search for six missing people at a Mt Maunganui campsite.