Video / NZ Herald Thunderstorm and heavy rain alerts have been extended for the top of the North Island as tropically-charged moist air brings a renewed threat of flooding for the second weekend in a ...

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Auckland faces the threat of heavy rain and thunderstorms today as students return to school. MetService forecaster Alec ...

Curved like a smile across the North Island’s east coast, the Bay of Plenty and the string of towns threading its white-sand shorelines is a popular destination for New Zealanders, especially in ...

MetService forecaster Alec Holden told the Herald “a lot of rain and showers” were forecast across the top of the North Island today.

Māori cirque theatre production, Te Tangi a Te Tūī, is set to take the stage at Sir Howard Morrison Centre, as part of a ...

Heavy rain warnings have been extended for Bay of Plenty with the worst of ex-tropical Cyclone Tam to lash the region today ...

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council is hoping for clearer skies in Rotorua this winter as it prepares to carry out annual wood ...

Located near Rotorua, Wai-O-Tapu is one of New Zealand's most colorful geothermal parks. Famous for its vibrant Champagne ...

"However, in areas of Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel Peninsula, and Bay of Plenty west of Rotorua, there is a ... The east coast of the North Island is also in the firing line with weather warnings ...

The Representation Commission is consulting on its electoral boundary review that will see changes to the Tauranga, Bay of Plenty and Rotorua electorates for the 2026 general election.