Fewer than 40 New Zealand fairy terns survive - making it six times rarer than the kākāpō, which is often treated as the ...

After 60 years of serving the country, the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s C-130H Hercules fleet have been retired from service ...

The native spinifex and pingao dune plants have been grown from seeds gathered by hundreds of people over that time — and ...

The Northland town was hit by high winds in the early hours of Sunday, damaging 50 houses and knocking down power poles, ...

A tornado is a narrow, rotating column of air that extends down towards the ground from the base of a thunderstorm. Warning ...

McCallum Brothers Ltd’s fast-tracked sand mining proposal off Bream Bay has sparked widespread opposition from locals and critics.

Around 150 properties on Moir Street and Old Waipu Road remain without power on Monday after a tornado-like storm swept through the Northland ... we've had the New Zealand response team, a couple ...

Dozens of schools are giving their students and some teachers a four-day weekend, choosing not come back to class on Friday after the Waitangi Day holiday. That is despite Associate Education Minister ...

Around three this morning, a line of severe thunderstorms and winds tore through the town and surrounding areas. Fire and Emergency New Zealand says it received multiple reports of roofs collapsing, ...

Around three this morning, a line of severe thunderstorms and winds tore through the town and surrounding areas. Two people have been hospitalised with serious injuries. A neighbour says one of the ...