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State of emergency declared in Southland
Audio 24 Oct 2025A state of emergency has been declared in Southland after yesterday's horrific storm - another remains in place for Canterbury. RNZ reporter Keiller MacDuff spoke to Charlotte Cook from Culverden. Audio
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NZ's most beloved tradition: The Mascot Race
Canterbury host Otago in Saturday's NPC final, but some might say the real action will take place at halftime. Video
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Arrests likely for those who broke fire ban
The total ban on outdoor fires and fireworks in Canterbury was in place due to extreme fire risk caused by forecast severe gales.
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Weekend weather: What to expect for the long weekend
A mostly fine weekend is forecast around the country but more rain and high winds are expected in some places on Labour Day. Audio
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Howling winds rip roof off Canterbury home
The wind was followed by rain that has saturated the inside of their home.
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NZ may be on the cusp of another measles outbreak
To stem further spread, we must build on the lessons from New Zealand's last major measles outbreak in 2019.
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One dead, one hospitalised after crash near Ashburton
Police say one person died and another was hospitalised after a crash near Ashburton overnight.
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Thousands waking up without power and water
As conditions ease, the clean up is kicking in across the motu after trees were ripped clean from the ground, roofs lifted off, and fences and sheds sent flying. Audio
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NPC final Canterbury vs Otago tomorrow in afternoon kickoff
Nathan talks to Otago flanker Will Stodart ahead of tomorrow's NPC final against Canterbury Audio
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NPC final Canterbury v Otago: What you need to know
Team lists, news and key stats for this weekend's big provincial showdown in Christchurch.
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Millions flow into Canterbury flood protection push
Environment Canterbury is rolling out millions of dollars' worth of flood resilience projects across Mid and Selwyn districts.
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Fierce winds rip trees from ground at renowned garden
The almost three-hectare garden was established almost 60 years ago.
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Rakaia, Kairaki and The Pines residents told to evacuate
The rains have eased but multiple Canterbury rivers are at risk of flooding overnight as water flows from upper catchments. Audio
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Outages, buildings damaged, communities cut off after weather
Tens of thousands of people are without power, buildings have been damaged, trucks have flipped and the West Coast is cut off from the rest of the Mainland by road, after ferocious winds and heavy… Audio
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Severe winds cause widspread damage across the country
Wild weather has battered parts of the country in both islands after rare red level wind warnings were issued. In the South, fire crews have had their hands full, combatting a large scrub fire in… Audio
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What Antarctica has to do with New Zealand's gale force winds
Weather patterns being experienced nationwide can all be traced to an event last month.
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Strong winds fuel wildfires making difficult job for firefighters
Audio 23 Oct 2025Wild winds are proving the enemy of emergency services. Gusts are fanning fires around the country with power lines toppled and trees ripped up by their roots. A local state of emergency remains in… Audio
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Hanmer scrub fire evacuees return home
A small number of homes and luxury hotel Braemar Lodge were evacuated because of a fire around 4km south-east of the Canterbury resort town.
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Midday pod
Audio 23 Oct 2025Storms bringing wind gusts of more than 200 km/h to parts of Canterbury have caused damage and disruption across the region; Tens of thousands of teachers, doctors and other public workers are taking… Audio
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Minister provides update on weather response
Storms bringing wind gusts of more than 200 km/h to parts of Canterbury have caused damage and disruption across the region. Emergency Management and Recovery Minister, Mark Mitchell spoke to… Audio
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Farmers keep milking despite ferocious wind storm
They are coping with power outages, road closures and damaging winds - with all eyes on rising rivers.
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Anna Sargent in North Canterbury
Audio 23 Oct 2025RNZ's South Island correspondent Anna Sargent is North-Canterbury-bound and talks to Kathryn about the weather situation that's unravelling there. Audio
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Transpower on massive South Island outage
Audio 23 Oct 2025The national grid has had a major outage at the top of the South Island - cutting power to tens of thousands of homes from Blenheim, to Nelson and Greymouth. Audio
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What you need to know about today's weather
Hundreds of thousands of people are being urged to stay home as life-threatening gale force winds blast parts of the country.
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First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 23 October
Audio 23 Oct 2025On today's First Up pod: Canterbury is in a state of emergency - we have updates from Metservice; White Fern star Amelia Kerr tells Nathan about their World Cup semi final berth; mysterious booms are… Audio
