One region has jumped from an average of $2.85 to $3.31 a litre as global oil supply fears drive prices higher across the country.
New Zealand
Fri, Sep 25
1:30
Footage of the meteor showed it streaking across the night sky before a bright flash lit up the area near Taranaki Maunga.
Thursday 9:59am
0:18
MetService says tonight's temperatures as "quite cold for this time of year" as southern air sweeps the country just hours after the spring equinox.
Wed, Sep 23
Barrett makes his return after a challenging period that saw him lose the All Blacks captaincy and miss the 2026 international season to date.
The southwesterly flow has also brought unsettled skies further north, with a funnel cloud seen by residents in southern Taranaki.
More than 7300 TSB business customers were charged a fee they should never have paid for six years.
Mon, Sep 21
Geonet said the quake struck at 10.44am at a depth of 82km around 70km south-west of Waverley.
Tue, Sep 15
Heavy rain is raising river levels and causing disruption, with floodgates activated near Feilding and a Wairarapa bridge on alert.
Mon, Sep 7
Settlement legislation passed its final reading in Parliament after nine years of negotiations.
Te Ao MΔori
Thu, Sep 3
The country's largest gas user employs more than 200 people, with about 95% of production exported to customers in the Asia Pacific region.
Business
Wed, Sep 2
Above average temperatures are most likely for the east and north of the North Island this spring.
Councillor Te Waka McLeod interrupted last Thursday's meeting to ask Debbie Hancock to stop filming her from the public gallery.
Politics
Tue, Sep 1
After almost 40 years, local government reform is likely to return the remote settlement of WhangamΕmona back to its spiritual home of Taranaki.
Mon, Aug 31
Students in Stratford High School uniform were barred from entering the store unless they were with a parent, caregiver or teacher.
Tue, Aug 25
Senior Sergeant Malcolm Collins said police noticed drug paraphernalia and could smell cannabis coming from a vehicle during a routine traffic stop in Stratford this morning.
Crime and Justice
Mon, Aug 17
From mergers to standoffs, councils nationwide raced to finalise Head Start proposals before Sunday's deadline.
Mon, Aug 10
Police were called to Oberon St at around 9am after a report of a person in possession of a firearm.
Fri, Aug 7
Police said several people entered a home on Tumai St in the suburb of Spotswood at around 10.30pm and assaulted an occupant while they slept.
Mon, Aug 3
Police arrested four people and issued dozens of infringement notices over a weekend crackdown on dangerous driving in Taranaki.
Sun, Jul 26
Nikita Phillips and her family escaped by seconds when a cliff gave way onto SH3 in the Awakino Gorge in the early hours of the morning.
Sat, Jul 25
"It's not worth risking your life to update your social media account," said Senior Sergeant Matt Prendergast.
Mon, Jul 13
The boy went missing while with his parents on Queen Street in New Plymouth. While visiting a museum, they turned around and he was gone.
Two trampers were seriously injured and a third was stranded by ice, with police crediting community search and rescue teams for helping avert a tragic outcome.
Sun, Jul 12
A dad's search for his son's missing bottle rocket became a neighbourhood sensation, before it turned up wedged in a tree seven metres off the ground.
Sun, Jul 5
Gusts of over 150km/h had been recorded at Mt Kaukau in the capital.
Fri, Jun 26
