Thunderstorms and hail are battering the North Island, with forecasters warning there may be a chance of tornadoes.

Water poured through two levels of the Hamilton District Court closing the building and delaying hearings on Tuesday, despite fine weather.

The Three Kings Civil Defence Centre in Auckland closed at 6pm this evening. Throughout the day, the centre provided basic shelter and support for 27 people displaced by the weather event. All those ...

Several regions of New Zealand are braced for further extreme ... The warnings come after the city of Auckland was hit hard by flooding on Friday. Four people were killed and thousands of homes ...

A New Zealand city devastated by flooding will take years to recover, the mayor said on Friday, as hundreds more homes were evacuated. The Pacific nation has been lashed by wild weather with the ...

New Zealand is grappling with two consecutive extreme weather events—massive flooding followed by a cyclone—that have claimed at least 12 lives and left hundreds of thousands of people ...

A precautionary state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand's most northern region ... come after the city of Auckland was hit hard by flooding on Friday. Four people were killed and ...