Several hundred homes in the Far North have lost power after severe gales ripped through the region on Thursday afternoon.

The wind tree sculpture which has been a feature of Queen Elizabeth Square for the past 25 years is being stored while the square is redeveloped as part of the Britomart Project.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Heavy rain and strong winds lashed parts of New Zealand on Friday as a cold front moved east across the country, and authorities warned conditions could worsen over the next 24 hours ...

Downed tree blocks Auckland’s Manukau Rd amid high winds; lanes on Harbour Bridge reopen after closure ...

Beneath the bogs of New Zealand’s Northland is a massive Ngāwhā kauri, living from 41,000 to 42,500 years ago, which gives an isolated, unbroken record of a period when Earth’s magnetic field declined ...

The wind tree will be mass produced for sale from March 2015 and NewWind says it has raised €1.15 million ($1.34 million) to begin pre-production.