Fernside and Mata Roads to reopen to heavy vehicles - Gisborne District Council

Fernside Road is now open to heavy vehicles and Mata Road will reopen at the end of the week, weather and geotechnical conditions permitting.

Vector asks public to prepare for strong winds

Vector is monitoring weather advice that strong winds may hit parts of Auckland over the next 24-36 hours, with the potential for gale surges, thunderstorms and localised tornadoes to cause power cuts.

Locals gain from removal of unsafe trees - DOC

The removal of unsafe exotic trees in Egmont National Park will have flow-on benefits to the Taranaki community, says the Department of Conservation.

Maunga magic for Brooke - council

There’s something quite special about just digging your hands in the dirt on TÄ«tÄ«rangi while planting natives, says Brooke Reedy-Dixon, who is part of the kaitiaki project in the Tairāwhiti Economic Support Package Redeployment Programme.

Night time tree feling on SH1 in Dome Valley - NZTA

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises State Highway 1 north of Warkworth will be reduced to one lane during overnight work for two nights from Sunday, 12 July.

Severe Weather risks for NZ next 2 days - Weather Watch

Severe gales, heavy snow and heavy rain are in the forecast for today and Wednesday as a low moves away from NZ and the colder southerly surge comes in behind it.

Stranded log carrier moved to deeper water in Tauranga Harbour

A log carrier that lost power at the entrance to Port of Tauranga this morning is being moved to deeper water in the shipping channel away from land.

The Funing drifted to the edge of the channel at the base of Mauao after its engines failed about 12.30am this morning.

Severe weather risks this week - Weather Watch

The first three days of this week will be unsettled, with Wednesday an especially colder and windier day across New Zealand.

Log carrier incident at Port of Tauranga - Maritime NZ

A Singaporean-registered log carrier, Funing-9690913, has lost engine power in the shipping channel at Port of Tauranga between Mauao (Mount Manganui) and Matakana Island.

The climate record that keeps getting broken - NIWA

Among the multitude of New Zealand climate statistics there is one record that continues to be broken month after month.