“You can see the old Manawatū Gorge road, with Ruahine and Tararua maunga and the Manawatū River in the background. It’s absolutely stunning.” Clearly visible is the slip that closed the road through ...

A band of heavy rain is moving toward the South Island, prompting MetService's decision. These include an orange heavy rain ...

Thursday’s red wind warning for Wellington, at the southern end of New Zealand’s North Island, was the first time the capital — famous for its gusty gales — has ever faced the most severe alert level.

An Orange Heavy Rain Warning remains in place for Wairarapa until 3pm Friday, and rain and showers ease towards evening. Large waves along the Wellington and Wairarapa coasts are expected to gradually ...

Follow all the latest updates from across RNZ's newsrooms as heavy rain causes flooding and evacuations in Canterbury, and officials issue warnings over severe gales that have left many households ...

We take a closer look at seven of the best things to do in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, in 2025.

Floods and storms batter New Zealand's capital as it is hit by the strongest winds in a decade:::: Wellington, New ZealandThe ...

Wellington can expect the strongest southerlies to batter the region in more than a decade over the next two days, a ...

A few interesting facts, Russell Crowe is from New Zealand and many movies have been filmed there due to the diverse landscape, such as Mission Impossible: Fallout and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, ...

Come tomorrow, Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel can expect wet and windy conditions, with heavy rain and thunderstorms ...