As the summer months get underway, Kiwis will be getting ready to ‘do it themselves' around the house. Whether you're planning to paint the house, build... Read More

Multiple fire trucks and fire fighters are at the scene of a house fire in Pāpāmoa. A Fire Emergency NZ northern shift manager says they received multiple... Read More

A power outage is affecting nearly 100 properties at Omanu following a vehicle crashing into a power pole in the area. Police received a report of a single... Read More

A fire investigator is visiting the scene on Sunday morning following a house fire in Maungatapu on Saturday night. A Fire and Emergency spokesperson says... Read More

The average cost of building a home in Aotearoa New Zealand's main centres has increased by less than half as much as last year. QV CostBuilder is New Zealand's... Read More

The property market is showing continual signs of revival, with month-on-month price increases recorded across every region, according to Trade Me's Property... Read More

The Automated External Defibrillator unit has gone missing from the Mauao base track. 'A call was received to 111 late morning on Sunday, November 5 and the... Read More

Rain over the weekend that caused evacuations and postponements around the country has finally eased - for now. The rising river levels in Gisborne that caused... Read More

Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti Civil Defence emergency management teams are closely monitoring flooding and water levels in streams and rivers across the regions... Read More

A Ministry of Justice team managing a way-overdue, half-billion-dollar rebuild of the country's rundown courts has hired a private contractor at $2000 a... Read More

Demolishing flood-hit elder housing in Waihī Beach is the 'most sensible” decision as the units are deemed unsafe to live in, a councillor says. Seven... Read More

Home loan borrowers worrying about higher interest rates may finally be getting the news they have been waiting for - financial markets now expect interest rates... Read More