The deluge across the North Island that began on Wednesday afternoon has seen Fire and Emergency in the upper North Island ...

In the upper North Island, emergency services have been responding to dozens of reports of surface flooding, and trees falling on homes and power lines. In the central North Island, about 70 ...

State Highway 2 - Matawai Road is closed between Gisborne and Opotiki, because of multiple slip. In the eastern Bay of Plenty, State Highway 2 is closed by flooding south-east of Whakatane. Fresh snow ...

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency said the road remained closed ... of lightning strikes around the country yesterday, with some 1866 strikes in the North Island and 2506 in the South and snow ...

The new funding, allocated in the latest national Budget, builds upon last year’s nearly $1 billion investment aimed at ...