The town's water supply is now not expected to return until Tuesday evening, after engineers warned restoring pressure too quickly could fracture the pipeline again.
New Zealand
3:32pm
2:37
The $1.2 billion Delmore project has been approved subject to conditions that could see treated wastewater trucked to Whangārei while a long-term solution is found.
1:16pm
An Auckland builder has been fined $8000 after carrying out foundation work without a licence and using another practitioner's credentials without their knowledge.
Crime and Justice
10:59am
Beyond collapsed buildings and the immediate toll on human lives, there are other impacts.
6:00am
1:31
The change follows a 1News investigation revealing managers were assessed on emergency housing numbers — a metric advocates warned could create a "perverse incentive" to deny applications.
Politics
Thu, Aug 6
The Green Building Council demonstrated a low-cost air sealing method in a 145-year-old Dunedin flat, as it calls for NZ to catch up with countries like the UK on airtightness standards.
Business
Tue, Aug 4
Residents in the Auckland suburb are concerned a planned housing development will block picturesque views and overshadow heritage buildings.
Sun, Aug 2
ANZ's latest Property Focus update notes house prices are largely on a "flat path".
New Zealand's housing market is going through the longest and deepest downturn in 30 or 40 years, property data firm Cotality says.
Sat, Aug 1
The large hole appeared on Hackett St in St Mary's Bay on July 27, and was approximately five metres long and more than a metre deep in parts.
Fri, Jul 31
Hundreds of homes were set to be built on O'Donnell Ave, as part of the housing agency's Wesley West development.
Wed, Jul 29
The marvel of design spans 189m across the Hooker River, making it the longest suspension bridge in the country.
Tue, Jul 28
The hole was approximately five metres long and more than a metre deep in parts.
Mon, Jul 27
People sometimes had a misconception that falling house prices meant defaults, a credit ratings expert says.
"It was blindingly obvious to me that if you simply fixed the reason that someone was repeatedly coming into court, all the negative consequences would largely go."
Sun, Jul 26
They seem to be everywhere, but do Kiwis need all these townhouses? And are they lowering the value of the homes that belong to the rest of us?
Life
Sat, Jul 25
From big public projects to world-first designs, some Kiwi firms are making major inroads across the Tasman.
Fri, Jul 24
All 16 tenants will be exiting, making way for redevelopment of 13 Garrett St.
Two US officials said they still expect the bridge to open to traffic July 27, but are less certain than they were before.
World
Wed, Jul 22
The vote, at a planning committee meeting yesterday, locks in the council's position for the next year on the Government's directive to zone for more homes.
Invercargill City Council's manager compliance and enforcement Sam Patton says her team is down multiple personnel and relying on help from another team.
Tue, Jul 21
Councillors are due to consider the advice from council staff at a planning committee meeting today, where they will vote on what moves forward in the process.
The $1.66 billion tunnel runs 16.2km from Herne Bay to Māngere and is expected dramatically cut overflows into the city's waterways for decades.
Mon, Jul 20
The bills as originally introduced would have preserved existing Mana Whakahono ā Rohe agreements while not allowing new ones under the old framework.
Te Ao Māori
The election-year policy from the party would create a new Crown entity to invest in renewable power generation.
