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gettyimages-667862468.jpg Auckland is one of several places in New Zealand that have had a wetter-than-normal year. Photo Getty In a year of extreme rainfall amounts, a MetService meteorologist is describing 2017 as "the year it didn't stop raining".

New photos have been released revealing the damage to the Marsden Point pipeline which has caused a fuel crisis in Auckland. Photo: NZ Herald/supplied New photos have been released revealing the damage to the Marsden Point pipeline which has resulted in the Auckland Airport fuel crisis.

Rescue teams search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in the Roma neighbourhood in Mexico City. Photos: Reuters Rescuers swarmed over rubble with shovels and picks in a frantic search for survivors two days after Mexico's deadliest earthquake in a generation, focusing on 10 collapsed buildings where people may still be alive.

A small cluster of mumps cases in Oamaru appears to be contained.

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford arrive at St David's Cooperating Parish in Te Aroha for the funeral of Ardern's grandmother. Photo: NZME Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has travelled to Te Aroha for the funeral of her grandmother, who passed away on Monday night.

Stephen Lowe. The Police National Dive Squad have joined the search for Dunedin man Stephen Lowe who has been missing for a week.

A rally outside Dunedin Hospital this morning was necessarily a silent protest: the picketers were all cardboard cut-outs.

Kim Jong Un The tit-for-tat insults continue to fly between North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump, with Kim blasting Trump as a  "mentally deranged dotard".

A man has died after a collision between his car and train in the North Island this morning.

Prof Janine Hayward. PHOTO: ODT Files This election campaign, like most others, has been rife with speculation about possible governing arrangements after September 23.

Federal Liberal and Labor MPs have lined up to condemn a same-sex marriage supporter who allegedly headbutted former prime minister Tony Abbott in Hobart.

Police chiefs have backtracked on an instruction telling officers not to target drivers in Christchurch's eastern suburbs because those motorists could not afford tickets.

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gettyimages-826066046.jpg KJ Apa. Photo: Getty Kiwi actor KJ Apa has survived a serious car crash in Canada after reportedly falling asleep at the wheel.

melbourne_storm_billy_slater_try.jpg Melbourne Storm players celebrate a Billy Slater try in their qualifying final against the Parramatta Eels. Photo: Getty Images After admitting nerves got the best of them in Cameron Smith's record-breaking game, Melbourne are promising not to blow their gilt-edged opportunity to win another NRL title.

Benji Marshall throws a pass for the Brisbane Broncos. Photo: Getty Images Former Kiwis captain Benji Marshall's hopes of making an international comeback have been dashed.

gettyimages-850739678.jpg Homes damaged by Hurricane Maria in the La Perla neighbourhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo Getty Deadly Hurricane Maria caused flooding in the Dominican Republic as it brushed past the country after destroying buildings and knocking out power across the US territories of Puerto Rico and St. Croix.

yadav_hat-trick.jpg India's Kuldeep Yadav celebrates his hat-trick against Australia after dismissing Pat Cummins. Photo: Reuters Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav took a hat-trick to help India comfortably beat Australia by 50 runs in the second one-day international at Eden Gardens and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

diego_costa.jpg Diego Costa celebrates scoring for Chelsea in last season's FA Cup final. Photo: Getty Images Diego Costa's messy split from Chelsea appeared to reach its conclusion with the Premier League club saying they had agreed to sell the Spain striker back to Atletico Madrid.

2017-09-21t164806z_13944250_rc1d53a782a0_rtrmadp_3_un-assembly.jpg US President Donald Trump speaks during the UN General Assembly in New York. Photo Reuters US President Donald Trump has ordered new sanctions that open the door wider to blacklisting people and entities doing business with North Korea, including its shipping and trade networks, further tightening the screws on Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.