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Rescue helicopters key to flooding response The Westpac and TECT rescue choopers poised for action. Photo: Life Fight. '); } else { // } The value of New Zealand’s rescue helicopters in a crisis was never clearer than this week, as chopper crews played a key role in the response to major flooding across the upper South Island. In one particularly dramatic rescue, the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter plucked a man from the roof of his campervan as floodwaters surrounded him in the Motueka Valley. It came as this year’s Westpac Chopper Appeal reached a final...

More heavy rain, gales coming for NZ Rain is expected in the Bay of Plenty this evening. File photo/SunLive. '); } else { // } Another burst of heavy rain is coming in for the upper South Island and other western and northern parts of NZ along with gale force winds from the northerly quarter. The wintry southerly weather pattern of a month ago is fast melting as a milder, windier and stormier west to north west pattern kicks in, says WeatherWatch.co.nz "Rain is forecast today and tomorrow in the upper South Island and regions like Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough and e...

Tauranga Council appoints regulatory panel File Image. SunLive. Tauranga City Council has appointed a four-member Regulatory Hearings Panel. Mary Dillon has been appointed as chairperson of the panel, with Puhirake Ihaka, Terry Molloy and Alan Tate appointed as panel members. Commission chair Anne Tolley is delighted the panel has now been established to take on the regulatory hearings role. “It’s a pleasure to announce the appointment of four vastly-experienced members, all of whom have extensive community knowledge,” she says. “This implements the Council decision made in March 2021...

Access changes to Bayfair Shopping Centre Ongoing changes are required to the entry and exit points of the Bayfair Shopping Centre, as part of the Bay Link project. Supplied photo. '); } else { // } Further changes to the entry and exit points of the Bayfair Shopping Centre are expected to take place next week. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says ongoing changes are required to the entry and exit points of the Bayfair Shopping Centre, as part of the Bay Link project. These staged works enable the construction of the shopping centre entrances and exits adjacent to ...

Police to provide update on NZ shootings Police assistant commissioner Richard Chambers. Photo: RNZ / Sarah Robson. '); } else { // } Police are giving an update on shootings in Auckland and a fatal shooting in Hamilton last night. Watch the media conference above from 2.30pm. Police assistant commissioner Richard Chambers is speaking about both incidents. In Auckland, witness told RNZ they understood a man stole car in Greenlane, crashed, and there was a "shootout" with the police. The witness says the shooter then got into another car, crashed in Penrose, and th...