Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones over the next several hours in parts of the North Interior and South ...

Fire and Emergency NZ's proposal to cut 13% of non-firefighting staff across the country and shave 10% off its annual budget, is reckless at a time of ...

UNICEF global spokesman James Elder has called for an end of callous indifference to children suffering in the besieged strip after more than two years of war. Mr Elder recounted harrowing examples of ...