Air quality returning to normal after lockdown improvements - council

Air quality improvements experienced during the COVID-19 lockdown have gone, with the most recent Waikato Regional Council monitoring results showing a return to normal concentrations.

'Shovel-ready' inspection of new Central Lakes hospital

‘Shovel-ready’ was key to inspecting progress at the new surgical hospital under construction on land adjoining Queenstown Country Club off the Frankton - Ladies Mile Highway.

Waka Kotahi traffic bulletin

Curles Point access affected next week, SH88, St Leonards to Port Chalmers

Water restrictions eased except in Hahei - Thames Coromandel Council

Our Council's Water Services Team has reviewed river levels and the current weather conditions and eased most of the conservation measures.

Conservation measures in place until further notice:

A spell of rain, then cool and calm - MetService

MetSevice expects changeable weather over the coming days. A ridge holds over the North Island today (Thursday) leading to settled conditions, while a cold front brings heavy rain to the South Island’s west coast.

COVID-19 sends summer resealing season into overtime - NZTA

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says it’s completed a late summer resealing programme in Northland that’s been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and changing weather.

Keeping stock off stopbanks helps flood protection- Horizons RC

As the wetter months set in, Horizons Regional Council is reminding rural communities to keep grazing stock off stopbanks to ensure they are best able to perform their function as an essential flood protection asset.

Hundreds already employed in jobs for nature - Eugenie Sage

Hundreds of people are already employed working for nature as part of the Government’s COVID recovery plan, Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage announced today while visiting workers on the ground on Canterbury’s Craigieburn Range today.

Heavy frosts for inland South Island this weekend - Weather Watch

From one end of New Zealand to the other, there will be wide range of temperatures this weekend.

Some of the heaviest frosts so far of 2020 are likely across the South Island with frosts expected in all regions, mainly inland.

'Biggest possible frosts of 2020 so far for inland South Island this weekend'

Autumn and winter so far have been fairly mild but more typical wintry weather kicks in this weekend.