Cars broke down and commuters suffered heat exhaustion as they endured two-hour-plus delays on a 12km stretch of road north of Auckland this afternoon due to.
Tasman District crews have successfuly contained the Lee Valley scrub fire and have established a 1.2km containment line. Incident Controller Steve Trigg.
A “moderate” magnitude 4.6 quake has jolted the lower North Island this morning. Geonet says the quake was centred 15km west of Pongaroa and was 12km deep..