Floodwaters and slips have closed Bay of Plenty highways, and water will be spilled from the Matahina Dam, as authorities ...

Wet and windy weather around Hawke’s Bay has caused a river level to surge and roads to close. A low-pressure system crossing ...

Authorities had got it "fairly right" over a possible threat to homes near a river north of Tūrangi, a resident says.

When River Queen hit movie screens back in 2006, chronicling New Zealand’s colonisation and ensuing conflict ... unforgiving terrain and mighty body of water. While the movie was relegated to ...

The owners of water park company who plan to open in a country park have said it will have "no impact to the local wildlife".

it really puts a strain on the river," she said. Pagel pointed out that New Zealand had many fresh-water species on the brink of extinction. "Damming a river certainly wouldn't help," she said.

New Zealand’s so-called ‘lodge queen ... Transfers and local transport is by Mercedes Benz electric vans, and water is drawn straight from the river and purified for lodge use.