Hardest Geezer” Russ Cook, who ran the length of Africa last year, has completed his latest challenge by running the full ...

NZTA is warning motorists there are no alternative routes for the two road closures, as surface flooding hits Dargaville.

Wind and rain are starting to spread across New Zealand with Cape Reinga, the most northern point of the North Island, recording 133kmph gusts at 6am local time on Sunday (5pm Saturday GMT).

A hīkoi (protest march) spanning the entirety of New Zealand’s north island against the government’s constitutionally consequential “Treaty Principles Bill” began Monday from Cape Reinga, the ...