Steve Smith

As the debate continues about whether to include a fifth flag design in November's referendum, Steve Smith has spent the past two evenings projecting images of the Red Peak flag onto the side of… Audio

First to Tauranga where a tornado has ripped through Mount Maunganui, damaging a large sports stadium, lifting up roofs and uprooting trees. Audio

Steve Smith from Craggy Range. Anna Flowerday from Te Whare Ra. Duncan McTavish from Man O' War Bay. Audio

US jazz, rock and fusion drummer touring NZ with Rodger Fox's Wellington Jazz Orchestra. Audio

A logging truck and a school bus have collided in the Bay of Plenty town of Ruatoki, south of Whakatane, this afternoon. Audio

Four people have died in a house fire in the Auckland suburb of Mangere. Audio

Lifesaving equipment stolen in Hastings yesterday has been returned, following a"no questions asked"plea from the St John's. Audio

The whales annually migrate off the coast, but this is the first recorded humpback sighting so close to the Napier shoreline. Audio

The Northland region seems to have born the brunt of the predicted heavy rainfall last night. Audio