The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".

Police have now revealed where the fire started.

Tākuta Ferris has levelled a series of allegations against his former party, which its president has dismissed as "innuendo".

It took two years to build the three wind turbines, storage battery and other infrastructure on the remote archipelago.

Motorists were asked to avoid the area around Hinds Arundel and Gills Roads.

Jock Grant Davies died in July.

Auckland homeowners have banded together after finding out the homes they purchased over a year ago do not have compliant resource consents.

The guide and a client were climbing from Empress Hut to the summit when they fell from the mountain's west ridge.

University of Auckland law professor Alex Sims says it is up to retailers and importers to do checks on products, but that doesn't mean it is always being done.

Collins said it was a modern complex that would make it easier for personnel to do their job in an "increasingly complex and very contested world".

The ministry has removed documents naming five people, but internet searches were still bringing up the MSD information.

It's an incredibly disappointing situation, Heart Kids says.

Hills Hats has crafted the headwear that defines famous artists and frontline services.

It appeared the engine had "conked out" in mid-air, forcing the pilot to execute a textbook emergency landing on the water.

It is normal activity and not suggestive of a larger eruption, Earth Sciences NZ says.

Sumeer Thapa was found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls aged between 15 and 18.