After the South Island was slammed by summer storm, the chaos shifts northward.

A local state of emergency has been declared in Timaru following ongoing heavy rainfall.

A person suffered serious burns in a house fire in Nelson last night.

Most of the northern and eastern coast of the North Island will enjoy a sunny weekend.

Stormy cold front passing over NZ brings wild weather, overnight lows forecast to drop.

Hundreds of people's travel plans disrupted after Air NZ and Jetstar cancel flights.

Three big fires today have stretched the country's firefighters.

Police say the Serious Crash Unit will examine the crash scene this morning.

Nelson Fire was largest NZ wildfire in 72 years.

Ironically, Tom Bruce to returns from injury to cover for injury.

As usual it's a mixed bag weather-wise, with heat for some, and rain for others.

They tried to make Tracey-Anne Harris' death look like an accident. It was murder.

Spring will again show its sleight of hand on NZ weather conditions.

Father's "heart dropped" when he found out his 6yo boy was missing in the water.

Nekko Paul Haworth, 6, has been identified as the boy found dead at Havelock Marina.

The road is expected to stay closed for some time.

Patrick Norton-Bennett was an associate of 'Mr Asia' syndicate boss Terry Clark.

Emergency services were called around 12.40pm.

A person has been critically injured in a car crash in Nelson.

Whanganui High School make history by reaching the national championships in October.

There is a heavy rain watch is in force for Coromandel and Bay of Plenty.

A widespread burst of thunderstorms brought over 1300 lightning flashes within an hour.

Dr Samuel Wilson disguised the USB camera on his car keys and door opener.

'It was just a pretty skinny fit and it took a little bit of wriggling to get it through.'

First round of games honours memory of All Black and Heartland legend Sir Brian Lochore

And September and October are not looking too great either.