'From summer to winter': Temperatures set to plunge in matter of hours
A series of fronts are forecast to move over the country from the southwest on Tuesday.
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The big dry: Drought hits farmers hard as winter looms
Concern grows with no rain on the horizon.
Heavy rain but temperatures will be warm for most of country
Temperatures are expected to soar 10C above average in some places today.
Caravan destroyed in crash on highway
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle suffered minor injuries.
Seafood industry in top of South Island needs hundreds of workers
A campaign has been launched to fill the roles.
Marlborough's new aquaculture rules have the 'scent of a Treaty breach', say iwi
Top of the south iwi are demanding new aquaculture rules in Marlborough be withdrawn.
Marlborough firm looks at marketing reject apples for stock feed
Kiwi Seed investigating apples' nutritional benefits before marketing to farmers.
Firefighters battle early morning Blenheim blaze, cause unknown
The blaze broke out in a block on Pitchill St about 2.30am.
Sinking yacht threatened Cook Strait power cables vital to NZ's electricity
A shipwreck drifting at the edge of the Marlborough Sounds has damaged a fishing boat.
'Uphill battle': Parts of NZ dangerously dry with no immediate end in sight
Akaroa farmer Hamish Menzies said they are making a plan for it if it doesn't rain soon.
Teuila Fuatai: Keeping calm and Karen on up Queen Charlotte Track
Those boots weren't made for walking - but would I do it all again? In a heartbeat.
'Colonial cringe': Council sets up sub-committee to decide road names
Marlborough council wants final say after "Rose Manor" road names prove thorny issue.
Tourism NZ forecasts $1b boost if transtasman bubble opens
Aussies are already making plans to visit in the lead-up to Tuesday's travel announcement.
Trouble in paradise: Seaside hotspot struggles as Covid bites
Kaikōura tour operators worried as winter looms.
The parallel pandemic: Heavy toll of Covid on our kids' mental health
Covid's impact on mental health, especially in youth, will outlive virus, experts say.
Rescued yachties distressed but grateful, police say
Interislander's Kaiarahi ferry responded to a 50-foot yacht's distress call last night.
Winter is coming: Rain throughout New Zealand this week
Rain, cloud and showers are set to descend on most of New Zealand this week.
Mayor cancels screening of Covid vaccination video
'Misinformation and conspiracy theories are circulating' - health expert.
Six months gone: The mysterious disappearance of Melissa Ewings
What happened to the young Marlborough woman, and where is she?
Key witness in Scott Watson murder trial dead in suspected suicide
Critical witness to the Sounds murder mystery dies in Greymouth.
One person injured in suspicious house fire
Emergency services were called to the scene at about 12.43pm.
Record deal: Iwi buys land under top Auckland school for $97m
The college becomes our 145th school transferred to iwi under treaty settlements.
Goal shot: Netball star rejected from club comp based on gender
'People say to me, it's not personal - but it is,' says boy netball star and umpire.
Trial aims to prevent runaway mussel floats
Research trial aims to reduce number of mussel floats that get lost at sea each year.
Three people rescued from sinking boat in Marlborough Sounds
The boat's crew triggered a distress beacon at about 6.50am on Wednesday.
'Avoidable' death of shearer: Coroner calls for drivers to stay off road after drinking, using drugs
Blenheim man had alcohol and cannabis in his system ahead of fatal crash.
Ferries resume timetable after 140km/h winds forced 8-hour delay
Interislander manager Walter Rushbrook said the afternoon had been a one-off event.
One person injured in boat fire in Admiralty Bay
A person with burn injuries was flown to Wellington Hospital.
Men flown to hospital after being found injured on boat
One of the men is in a serious condition in the ICU.
Homes evacuated near Kaikohe as forest fire spreads overnight
Three homes in the Far North have been evacuated due to a large forest fire.
'I feel so terrible for them': DIY campervan explodes at campsite
UK couple 'lost everything' in freak explosion at a freedom camping spot.
Boys' schools ask parents to pay more in voluntary donations
'Boys get the priority', says McAuley High School principal Jan Waelen.
Vanished: The missing people of New Zealand
Inside: The cases of missing people in New Zealand in the past few decades.