Northpower hoped to fully reinstate power by 5pm but the damage was worse than first thought. Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson says a transformer still needs replacing. The tornado injured two people; nine ...

Building inspectors have completed 90 rapid assessments of properties damaged by the Mangawhai tornado, stickering 35 of them ...

Major clean up is happening today in Mangawhai after a severe tornado rolled through the Northland town. Fire and Emergency ...

A woman says her partner was seconds away from being killed when the limbs of a tree harpooned the rear of their motorhome ...

The Mangawhai community is banding together to pick up the pieces from yesterday morning's tornado. Two people were seriously ...

The storm in Mangawhai was so powerful that power poles were snapped in half and roofs were ripped off, leaving the seaside ...

MetService is forecasting a quieter weather day on Tuesday before another system sweeps across the South Island later in the ...

An Auckland woman says her partner was seconds away from being killed when the limbs of a tree harpooned the rear of their motorhome during the tornado that ripped through Mangawhai yesterday. About ...

The family of a woman badly injured in the Mangawhai tornado say it is a miracle she survived when the second storey of her ...

The response to the tornado has been a multi-agency approach, involving Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Police, Northpower ...

The township of Mangawhai has been described as looking like a war zone, with houses destroyed, roofs torn off, debris scattered across the roads, power poles ripped off the base, and trees snapped ...

MetService warns the wet weather currently covers Ashley Forest and is also nearing Hanmer Springs and Culverden. It's expected to bring heavy rain and hail. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in ...