But Sitiveni Rabuka also stressed he doesn't believe that Beijing is actively looking for such a security foothold in the Pacific - because it doesn't need to.

Rain is gentling falling in Tasman, but is expected to grow in intensity later on Thursday. Reporter Tess Brunton, who is in Brightwater, southwest of Nelson, spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Last week's floods left vineyard owner Dave Pratt's property in Brightwater, southwest of Nelson, buried in so much silt that he and his team have not had time to clear it. He spoke to Corin Dann.

New Zealand-raised British tennis star Cameron Norrie returned to his favourite patch of Wimbledon turf to stun American 12th ...

New Zealand made history at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 by reaching the quarter-finals for the first time.

"Passenger parenting is feeling like you have less agency. There isn't malicious intent — although it can look the same depending on some behaviours." Dober says passenger parents will feel like they ...

Warnings and watches now cover nearly the entire country as residents in a Nelson-Tasman community leave their homes ahead of ...

A Motueka farmer whose farm was badly affected by the recent flooding is waiting to see what new damage might have been done. Paul Woollaston spoke to Corin Dann.

Universities say a proposal that could make them pay a levy to Immigration New Zealand might harm international student ...

Locals on a busy Tauranga street fear someone will die before anything substantial is done to improve safety on a bend ...

The heatwave has triggered health alerts and forest fires and forcing the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant ...

Exhausted residents in the waterlogged Tasman district are on edge as they brace for another lashing of heavy rain.