New Plymouth has been crowned the sunniest spot in New Zealand. With 2743 sunshine hours in 2025, Earth Sciences NZ found the ...

Ed Sheeran fans, holidaymakers, sports competitors and businesses are being hit in the back pocket and facing lengthy detours ...

Fringed by surf beaches and punctuated by Taranaki Maunga to the south, New Plymouth has been crowned the sunniest town in New Zealand for 2025. The North Island city recorded 2743 sunshine hours last ...

Two men stranded on a drifting jetski "did everything right", but Police say their rescue is an important reminder to boaties about taking essential ...

Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston has announced more than $450,000 in funding for a new international tourism campaign, helping boost the Waikato economy as autumn approaches.

The pair were off the New Plymouth Airport coast when the anchor line was pulled into the craft's intake, damaging the motor and leaving them drifting at sea. Search and Rescue Spokesman Constable ...

2025 was New Zealand’s 4th-warmest year on record, based on Earth Sciences New Zealand’s seven station series which begins in ...

Annual temperatures in 2025 were above average — between 0.51C and 1.20C higher than usual — across much of the country. Photo: VANESSA LAURIE / Stuff Last year was New Zealand’s fourth-warmest on ...

2025 was the country’s fourth-hottest year on record, according to Earth Sciences New Zealand’s annual climate report. The ...

A Taranaki farmer and livestock agent has been fined $15,000 after illegally swapping NAIT tags to sell cows infected with ...

Injury hit Gloucester Rugby have confirmed the signing of hooker New Zealand based Manaaki Boyle-Tiatia on a three-month ...

A light earthquake has shaken the middle of the country this morning with more than 10,000 people feeling the tremor.