Multiple large fires in Kaikōura, schools and homes evacuated

Flights cancelled, power outages as severe gales lash South Island

Severe weather strikes the South Island and part of the lower North Island, in what MetService calls a precursor to a "potentially more impactful" system later this week.

Cyclist 'left for dead' in hit and run feared he would never walk again

Mark Weston spent two weeks in hospital with a broken back and feared he would never walk again after being deliberately run over on Centaurus Road in Cashmere, in March 2024.

E.coli outbreak at Canterbury campground left half a class sick

A school principal says one of his classes had numbers cut by half after a gastroenteritis outbreak at a Canterbury campground.

Wild or mild? Weekend weather forecast is a tale of two islands

MetService said a period of heavy rain was expected this weekend over some of the South Island, as well as possible severe northwest gales.