Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is attending the vigil as the community does what it can to support the families of those with missing loved ones.

Firefighters have brought the fire under control. The blaze, across multiple properties, triggered warnings for people in the area to stay inside and close windows and doors.

Firefighters are battling a scrub fire near the Whanganui River mouth, that is visible across much of the city.

A four legged rescuer is being praised for her tireless work helping at the scene of the tragic Mt Maunganui landslide.

Norm Joe, from Stratford, picked up unicycling as a hobby during the Covid-19 lockdown.

All recovery work has come to a stop after geotechnical experts spotted a crack in the hillside, bringing risks of further landslides.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning in Blenheim, police say.

The mother of a 15-year-old boy killed in the Mount Maunganui landslide says he was an "incredible, kind and beautiful human being".

Nearly 30 firefighters were called to a scrub fire on Auckland's Mt Wellington.

Hundreds of women from Eastern Bay of Plenty have had to travel to Tauranga Hospital to give birth in the last year, since four of Whakatāne's five obstetricians resigned.

Jacob Davies died in May 2023 aged just 20, following months of poor supervision at a NZCL facility in Levin.

Susan Knowles and Jacqualine Wheeler, both 71, are unaccounted for following the landslide, along with four others.

One police representative said victims get uneven access depending on how they look, their history and whether they have criminal records.

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.

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.