'Events like this are important to our rural communities'

The cyclone sped up the need for a project in the melting pot for at least 20 years.

Police have arrested and charged three youths with aggravated robbery.

Eight people were alleged to be linked in a network of gaming proceeds corruption.

The Collins family criticises authorities for failing to implement safety changes.

The homes were criticised by locals when they first arrived on the site.

'We had a great system before ... it was just great and now we’ve got this.'

Workers were called to an open-air meeting at 8.30am in Tokoroa.

'Looking at those photos now, it’s surreal.'

For Waikato Gray, Esk Valley is more than just a home. It is five generations of history.

Cyclone Gabrielle floodwaters destroyed Waikato Gray’s Eskdale home in February 2023. He refused a council buyout, staying on his ancestral land in a caravan. Video / Rafaella Melo

Opinion: So much work has been done, but the region doesn’t feel back on its feet yet.

'It looked like a tidal wave had come down.'

Homes in the $700,000s price bracket are in hot demand in Tauranga.

Botox clinics are increasing in Northland, offering 'appearance medicine'.

NZ's first-ever frozen export meat shipment to the UK came from the historic farmstead.

Flood preparedness has become part of the local school's curriculum.

Good numbers of yellow fin caught and marlin tagged and released on first day of contest.

'The roof isn’t designed or made to hold human weight.'

Lizzy Burns has decided not to lift her property so her family can continue to live there.

Kerikeri’s Kaia Derbyshire, 16, will compete in volleyball in Canada and Thailand.

The city's top businesses recognised at gala ceremony.

He was fleeing police when he broke into the pensioner's home and assaulted him.

He wanted to have sex with the fake girl even after she told him her age.

Emergency services were called to the scene about 4pm.

A working group to be set up to recommend improvements.

In February 2024, the region's road death toll was zero.

Two members of the public alerted DoC to the incident that ocurred on February 8.

Money has been allocated to many to help in recovery efforts.