Checkpoint

First came the floods and now a rising tide of insurance claims. So what do you need to know if your car is swamped with water or your basement carpet's coated in silt?

Tower Insurance Chief Claims… Read more Video, Audio

So instead of throwing open their doors to students, Auckland school principals are welcoming displaced families and counting the cost of Friday's flood damage.

Amy Williams has the story. Read more Audio

Auckland schools and early childhood centres have been told to keep their gates shut until next Tuesday - the day after Waitangi Day.

About 20 schools in the region were badly hit by the flooding… Read more Video, Audio

Eden Park in central Auckland was planning to switch from sports ground to community shelter - until the torrential rain arrived on their doorstep.

The number one and number two fields were… Read more Audio

Titirangi in west Auckland has been particularly hard hit, with a number of landslips.

One major slip has cut off residents around Titirangi Beach.

Alistair Grace woke to see a chunk of his land… Read more Audio

Auckland's mayor Wayne Brown has conceded that his and his office's communication on Friday night was not good enough. But he has no plans to resign.

The mayor says the council has made changes to… Read more Audio

In south Auckland some residents feel they were left to fend for themselves when the worst of weather hit.

Community leader Dave Letele talks to Lisa Owen. Read more Audio

A rainfall warning has been upgraded to red for parts of Auckland, Coromandel and Northland from Tuesday afternoon.

It comes as the region has recorded a whopping 769 percent of its usual January… Read more Video, Audio