The Latest Breaking News from North Island

Scientists warn volcano off coast of North Island could continue venting for “weeks to months” to come.

The proposed merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island raises the prospect of even less choice for New Zealanders in what is an already heavily concentrated market. But will regulators prevent it from happening?

New Zealand police suspended until morning the search for a high school student missing after getting into difficulty on a school trip to caves on Tuesday as heavy rain and thunderstorms cause flash flooding and landslides in the country's North Island.

Two earthquakes above magnitude 5.0 have occurred south of Napier, in Hawke's Bay, in New Zealand.

A New Zealand Battery Project centred on Lake Onslow in Central Otago is is starting to look less likely

Energy Minister Megan Woods met with iwi in Ruapehu to discuss the potential of a massive pumped hydroelectric scheme affecting their rohe.

The final months of New Zealand’s summer carried a massive sting, bringing “unprecedented” rainfalls several times over, from widespread flooding in Auckland at the end of January to ex-tropical Cyclone Gabrielle dumping record rains and causing devastating floods across the east coast of the North Island.

When Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand in February, it left a trail of destruction across the North Island. At least 11 people died, and more than 10,000 were displaced. Bridges were washed out (35 in the Hastings district alone), roads closed and communications cut.

Just over a month after the Auckland flood, and three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle hitting the North Island, the scale of the disasters and the rebuild is clear – as is a sense of being in limbo for those worst affected.