But Sitiveni Rabuka also stressed he doesn't believe that Beijing is actively looking for such a security foothold in the Pacific - because it doesn't need to.

Rain is gentling falling in Tasman, but is expected to grow in intensity later on Thursday. Reporter Tess Brunton, who is in Brightwater, southwest of Nelson, spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Last week's floods left vineyard owner Dave Pratt's property in Brightwater, southwest of Nelson, buried in so much silt that he and his team have not had time to clear it. He spoke to Corin Dann.

New Zealand made history at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 by reaching the quarter-finals for the first time.

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Warnings and watches now cover nearly the entire country as residents in a Nelson-Tasman community leave their homes ahead of ...

Locals on a busy Tauranga street fear someone will die before anything substantial is done to improve safety on a bend ...

The heatwave has triggered health alerts and forest fires and forcing the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant ...

Exhausted residents in the waterlogged Tasman district are on edge as they brace for another lashing of heavy rain.

The top of the South Island is set to be hit by 15 hours of heavy rain. MetService's head of weather news Heather Keats spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

More rain for the the Tasman district, Heather Keats from Metservice joined First Up ...

Wanaka has hosted Health Minister Matt Doocey, editor of the Wanaka Sun is Olivia Caldwell tells us about the visit ...