At this point, Merhige was already several hours into her 14-hour swim across the Cook Strait in New Zealand and had slowly ...

At this point, Merhige was already several hours into her 27-mile swim across the Cook Strait in New Zealand and had slowly become immune to the small, burning sensations that covered her body.

Metservice expected 5 meter (16 foot) swells in the Cook Strait, the body of water between New Zealand’s two largest islands. About 1,000 properties were without electricity Thursday afternoon ...

Transpower is proposing a $1.4 billion spend on replacing the ageing electricity cables linking the North and South Islands across the Cook Strait ... to future-proof New Zealand’s electricity ...

Towns across the North Island and upper South Island have copped gale force winds and heavy rain over the past 24 hours, with ...