Morning Report for Monday 30 January 2023

8:52 AM.Investigations begin today into yesterday's derailment of a freight train near Te Puke after a section of track was lost to flood waters. 

It's one of three investigations launched over a hectic… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The Waikato town of Te Kuiti is in clean-up mode today after a state of emergency was declared.

Several inundated homes were evacuated and about 100 properties were without water after a main burst… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Fire and Emergency say there were 148 flood related incidents last night.

Two slips have caused problems in Tititrangi resulting in the evacuation of four houses.

Reporter Mohammad Alafeshat spoke… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Novak Djokovic has beaten Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6, 7-6, to take home his 10th Australian Open title overnight.

It marks a 22nd Grand Slam victory for Djokivic, tying him level with Rafael Nadal… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Auckland's Mayor Wayne Brown has had to defend himself against criticism that a state of emergency was declared too late on Friday night when flooding hit the city.

The state of emergency was… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Political reporter Katie Scotcher accompanied the Prime Minister Chris Hipkins as he assessed the flood damage around Auckland, and covered the sometimes-awkward, and other times heated, media… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.The chair of the Henderson Massey Local Board in West Auckland says some parts of the city may have to be relocated to avoid future flooding.

Chris Carter says it will be one of the major issues in… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Many of those affected by the wild weather raging across the North Island have begun to take stock of the damage. 

Homes have been washed away or buried under slips, cars have been submerged and… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Fifty to 60 mils of rain fell across Auckland overnight with more slips including 4 house evacuated in the West Auckland suburb of Titrangi.

Sixty 111 calls were responded to across the city.

The… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Auckland Airport's international terminal is up and running again after extreme flooding on the weekend. 

More than 2000 people stayed overnight at the airport's terminals after flights were delayed… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.In south Auckland, an emergency shelter was set up in Māngere yesterday after calls from local councillors and community workers.

Hundreds of people in the suburb have been affected by the flooding… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Auckland Council North Shore ward councillor Richard Hills says there could have been more communication as flooding hit the city. 

Hills told Morning Report he did not want to single anyone out, but… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Auckland Emergency Management issued alerts to mobile phones last night warning about the danger from an active line of thunderstorms.

The alerts followed the worst rain in the city's history, that… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Residents of a Maungatapu cul-de-sac in Tauranga rallied to save a family who were trapped in their home after a landslide overnight on Saturday.

Several homes were damaged, with one destroyed… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Many Aucklanders are feeling a great sense of anxiety this morning with more severe weather predicted to hit the region on Tuesday and Wednesday.

An Emergency Management text alert was sent out last… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.It's been a stormy night for the sodden north, with rain dousing large parts of Auckland, Northland and the Waikato.

Coromandel peninsula soaked up the most rain - about 80 millimetres - while… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Roads throughout the upper North Island are closed this morning as the tumultuous weather continues.

Forty-five roads across Auckland are closed because of slips and flood damage with Auckland… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Northland is under a Orange Heavy Rain Warning and Severe Thunderstorm watch this morning, with the region under an accute risk of flooding, slips and road closures. MetService says a thunderstorm… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.It's been a stormy night in the north of the country with thunderstorms peppered parts of Auckland, the Coromandel and Northland.

Coromandel soaked up the most rainfall - about 80 millimetres - while… Read more Audio