Several fresh severe weather alerts are in place, and civil defence officials are keeping a close watch as a tropical storm nears, bringing gale-force wind ...

Rain and single-digit temperatures are forecast for much of the South Island, while the North Island will sit under a balmy high-pressure system. Forecaster Samkelo Magwala said a weakening front ...

Rain is heading into Auckland, Coromandel and Northland as a tropical low lies north of New Zealand on Wednesday afternoon.

Major roadworks through Ngongotahā will be paused tomorrow. The southbound lane of State Highway 36 through the village is due to be closed for six weeks for essential repairs between the railway line ...

Strong winds are set to batter Auckland, Great Barrier Island, and the Coromandel Peninsula on Sunday, August 31, with MetService issuing an Orange Warning for severe southwesterly gales forecast to ...

Banks Peninsula residents isolated by floodwaters (4 min 43 sec) *Since RNZ published this story MetService has clarified some of the data referenced. The story has been updated. Banks Peninsula has ...