Locals evacuated as firefighters battle North Canterbury blaze
Residents have been evacuated from their homes in rural North Canterbury as fire crews battle an uncontained bushfire.
Ocean swimmer Craig Clarke retires from 'brutal' Cook Strait double crossing
Clarke wanted to be the first person in almost 40 years to achieve a double crossing of New Zealand's Cook Strait but the ...
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Cyclone Gabrielle Victims Still Struggling With Land Issues At Its Second Anniversary
Cyclone Gabrielle struck the North Island’s East Coast on 14 February, 2023, killing 11 people and destroying thousands of ...
Brit dead and three seriously injured in horror New Zealand quad bike crash
Martinborough police in New Zealand's north island have confirmed a British person has died and three people seriously ...
UK man dies, three injured in NZ quad-cycle collision
A British man has died and three others are seriously injured following a collision between a four-seater quad-cycle and a ...
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Insurance Industry Report Into The North Island Weather Events Released
The North Island Weather Events: The Insurance Industry response by the Insurance Council of New Zealand Te Kāhui Inihua o Aotearoa (ICNZ) examined insurers performance of claims related to the ...
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New Zealand and the Cook Islands fall out over China
The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...
Govt's plan to tackle supermarket duopoly comes as no surprise - Foodstuffs North Island CEO
The Government this morning laid out it's intentions to tackle New Zealand's two-horse supermarket race, which comes as no ...
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Harness racing heads to Taupo next year
Harness racing is heading into new territory next year, with the first ever meeting at Taupo on January 26, 2026.