Morning Report

Dunedin City Council is now the proud owner of a 23-million year old lake bed

While the lake has long since dried up, Foulden Maar is a nationally significant fossil site, and will now be protected… Read more Audio

Residents in the Marlborough Sounds are still dealing with wrecked roads after two massive storms caused widespread destruction

Damage from the June 2021 floods is estimated at 85 million dollars… Read more Audio

Flood-hit farmers in Tairāwhiti are backing Government plans for an independent review into management practices on erosion-prone land in the district.

In January the East Coast was battered by… Read more Audio

Wellington is set to get a new landfill on top of an old one.

The city council has approved plans to extend the Southern Landfill at a cost of $36 million.

The piggyback option will see a new… Read more Audio

Auckland's floods may have been historic but experts say flooding on a similar scale will strike again soon. 

What can Aotearoa's largest city do to prepare?

University of Canterbury lecturer in… Read more Audio

St Mary's Bay residents, fed up with Auckland Council, are heading there this morning to be heard in person.

The residents say the council failed to act on their street's blocked drains and a poorly… Read more Audio

Friday marks a week since the massive rain storm that inundated Auckland killing four people, as well as destroying homes and roads.

Another round of thunderstorms and heavy rain hit the region… Read more Audio

The economy is probably already in recession, and likely to remain so into next year, according to economics consultancy Infometrics.

It has issued a new set of forecasts for the coming year and… Read more Audio

Seven firetrucks were damaged and at least three are still out of action, after water was sucked into their engines during Auckland's floods.

Fire and Emergency was warned two years ago that air… Read more Audio