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'Like a bomb going off': Family dives for safety after window blows
A Featherston family has had a lucky escape after their large picture window flexed, cracked and then caved in.

Festival to close as organisers enter liquidation
Standon Calling says it had "no other option" after failing to secure alternative investment.

People urged to watch for exhausted birds and blown away nestlings in wild weather
People are being urged to watch for exhausted seabirds and tiny nestlings blown from their nests in the wild weather.

Changes to granny flat rules pass final reading in Parliament
Legislation changing the Building Act passed its third and final reading in Parliament on Thursday morning with unanimous support from MPs.

Trees ripped from ground by fierce winds at internationally recognised garden in North Canterbury
The almost three-hectare garden was established almost 60 years ago.

New Air New Zealand boss wants 'situational subsidy' for certain domestic routes
Nikhil Ravishankar says there needs to be a form of subsidy for certain flights so they can continue to operate when demand is low.

Hundreds of ferry passengers potentially exposed to measles
Hundreds of passengers on a Cook Strait ferry crossing may have been exposed to the measles virus, as Health NZ confirms two new cases.

The mathematician who tried to game a national lottery
In Cork in the early 1990s Stefan Klincewicz spotted a flaw in the Irish national lottery and put his prodigious mathematical mind to exploiting it.

Bill to criminalise explicit 'deepfakes' pulled from ballot
The Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill would amend existing laws to expand the the definition of an 'intimate visual recording'.

Black Caps looking to level T20I series with England in third match in Auckland
Follow live coverage of the third and final T20I between the Black Caps and England at Eden Park in Auckland.

IPCA finishes investigation into police handling of complaints against former deputy commissioner
Jevon McSkimming resigned as the country's second most powerful cop in May amid separate investigations by the Independent Police Conduct Authority and police.

Aucklanders told to look out for hornets after queen found
It is the first time a yellow-legged hornet queen has been found in the country.

The small company that has car giants scrambling
Some of the biggest car brands in the world are in a panic after getting caught in the crossfire of Donald Trump’s trade war with China.

Health NZ has started making backdated holiday payments to ex-staff
The payment brought the total to $652.4 million paid to current and former staff so far.

'Devastating': Fire destroys Kaikoura spiritual retreat
The house, church and other buildings at the residential respite centre were engulfed by fire in minutes, as flames and embers sped down the hillside fuelled by 150 kilometre-per-hour winds.

Crash closes main road into Piha on Auckland's west coast
The main road into the seaside settlement of Piha on Auckland's west coast is closed in both directions tonight after a crash.

Why did the smaller airlines fly in strong winds while Air NZ and Jetstar were grounded?
While wild winds battered the capital on Thursday, airports came to a standstill.

Law doubling tribunal civil case maximum value threshold passes
Previously, complainants taking a civil case were limited to claims of $30,000.

Critically low water levels on West Coast after treatment plant damaged by storm
Residents have been asked to conserve water as the Omoto Reservoir hits critically low levels.

Live cricket updates: Black Caps v England, third and final T20
Follow all the T20 action from Eden Park in Auckland.

The windiest winds: How today stacks up against the records
The wind whipping across the lower North and South Islands on Thursday has been described by many as the worst they have ever seen.