Morning Report

The Buller and Marlborough districts were both hit hard by heavy rainfall at the weekend.

But sunshine is forecast for both regions today.

Philippa Tolley spoke to Metservice meteorologist Amy… Read more Audio

Residents evacuated in flood-hit Buller are still reeling this morning.

Close to a thousand people had to flee to evacuation centres and at least one hundred homes have been flooded.

Jamie Cleine is… Read more Audio

Farmers across the upper South Island are on clean-up duty today as damaging flood waters recede.

Federated Farmers Marlborough president Scott Adams is one of those.

Portions of his sheep farm near… Read more Audio

The Government is committing six hundred thousand dollars in emergency relief to the districts of Buller and Marlborough to help deal with the flooding.

The announcement came after Acting Minister… Read more Audio

Age is proving to be merely a number for New Zealand's most experienced athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics.

For several of the 211 strong team, the Games in Japan will be their fourth or fifth… Read more Audio

Farmers across Marlborough are picking up the pieces this morning following the weekend's devastating floods.

Hundreds of people across the region were forced to evacuate as the area was hit by its… Read more Audio

Of the many people staying in evacuation centres in Westport over the weekend were two neighbours,

Lorraine Williams and Stephen Switalla.

They've spent three nights at the Salvation Army centre… Read more Audio

In Westport, authorities still haven't been able to determine the full extent of the damage from the weekend's flooding.

The floodwaters haven't yet receded from some parts of town, which means the… Read more Audio

Research by a former police officer has given an insight into how those on the front lines make spur of the moment decisions when witnessing lower level crimes.

Dr Ross Hendy is now a criminologist… Read more Audio