Reuben Vaun Smith

Wairarapa residents still recovering from last week's flooding are now bracing for more wild weather. An estimated 460 homes were cut off for the second time this year after the Tūranganui River bridge was damaged in floods. Cape Palliser resident Alex Morrissey told 1News the isolation has been difficult. "We didn't have power or water, and with young children that's quite difficult.

The new US Ambassador to New Zealand has told media he'd like to host a basketball game on the flight deck of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in Auckland. Jared Novelly became the United States’ ambassador to New Zealand this week and, in speaking to media for the first time, he said he’d like to go back in time to change New Zealand's mind on its nuclear-free policy.

Former Wellington rough sleepers are saying there’ll be “civil war” on the streets if the Government’s proposed police "move-on orders" go ahead. “There’s gonna be a big war,” Brucey, a former rough sleeper told 1News, when asked about his concerns about the amendment to the Summary Offences Act.