Weather

A large pond has formed next to graves at one East Coast site.

NIWA says there is an 85 percent chance of the event continuing through summer this year.

The New Zealand Avalanche Advisory is warning of very dangerous avalanche conditions for Tongariro.

Coromandel has seen the biggest drop in visitor spending of any region, and locals say the lack of sun is largely to blame. Audio

July 2023 is set to upend previous heat benchmarks, UN Secretary-general Antonio Guterres said after scientists said it was on track to be the world's hottest month on record.

Mould removal companies are being kept busy, handling double the number of calls this year to treat mouldy houses.

A climate change scientist is urging farmers to plan for the long term with more adverse weather cycles front of mind.

More than 40 people have died in Algeria, Italy and Greece as Mediterranean wildfires threaten villages and holiday resorts, and thousands have been evacuated.

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The House: The great value of inter-parliamentary travel abroad is the relationships that are built, not just between countries, but among the MPs themselves.

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The government has announced it will review weather forecasting, potentially shaking up a long-running rivalry between MetService and NIWA.

A crucial hearing affecting the protection of Franz Josef township will finally get underway on Friday more than a year after work began on the $24 million Waiho Scheme.

Following the severe flooding in Marlborough in July 2021 and August 2022, the distribution of landslides across the Marlborough Sounds was mapped and damage assessed.

Hundreds of applications for Auckland Council's emergency relief fund tallied up to significantly more than the money raised and paid out.

An Auckland homeowner says the scope of works from her insurer to repair her flood damaged house underestimates the work needed.