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Scenic Drive's Elevation cafe closes after storm's road damage
The owners of a popular West Auckland restaurant say severe weather and continued road closures over the past few months has forced them out of business.
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Tourism industry endeavours to build back better for 'new era'
More than 1500 travel delegates are in Christchurch for the country's biggest tourism business event.
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Torrential rain leaves roads closed after flooding and slips
The weather has eased in North Island regions hit by torrential rainfall on Tuesday and overnight, but thunderstorms are today forecast for the west coast and bottom of the North Island and the top of… Audio
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Govt announces bridge to reconnect SH25A on Coromandel Peninsula
A massive slip destroyed a section of the road after storms in late January, including Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Public transport affected as severe weather warnings remain in place across the country
Downpours have hit Northland, Auckland and Coromandel overnight, with Kaikohe seeing 200 millimetres of rain in 24 hours and the Karangahake Gorge closed due to a slip. Audio
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Coromandel CD to decide today on emergency protocols
The upper North Island is being hit with heavy rain and strong winds, with orange weather warnings in place in Northland, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, and Coromandel Northland has borne the brunt of the… Audio
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Coromandel faces another big dump of rain
An atmospheric river has brought high winds and heavy rain to much of the upper North Island with Metservice warning of more to come. Heavy wind and rain warnings are in place in Northland, Bay of… Audio
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Wild weather: Five regions under heavy rain warning
MetService has issued gale warnings for the upper-North Island's coastline, with some Northland households without power overnight as heavy rain hits the region.
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Cyclone-hit region's mayors still waiting on plans for fixes, rebuilds
Audio 28 Apr 2023Two and half months on from devastating cyclone Gabrielle, life is not back to normal in the hardest hit regions, and will not be for some time.
A number of roads including major state highways… Video, Audio
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Wellington's Haywards Road to close for work
Widespread delays are expected across the Wellington Region and Coromandel Peninsula as major highway closures begin this week.
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Tourism operators optimistic as visitor numbers begin to recover
Summer tourist numbers have bounced back to about half of what they were before Covid-19 as Aotearoa marked the first summer with the border back open.
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Around the motu: Andrew McRae in Hamilton
Audio 11 Apr 2023RNZ Waikato senior reporter Andrew McRae joins Susie to detail the ongoing work in Coromandel and around Raglan to patch up roads badly damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. No decision has been made yet… Audio
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Jacinda Ardern: Text and Photos - full valedictory
Prime Minister’s farewell speeches are rare events. We have photos, video and the full transcript of Jacinda Ardern’s valedictory address. Video, Audio
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Jacinda Ardern: Text and Photos - full valedictory
Prime Minister’s farewell speeches are rare events. We have photos, video and the full transcript of Jacinda Ardern’s valedictory address.
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'Will we be able to get out?' - Residents fear road woes will delay access to healthcare
Coromandel residents are anxious the state of the peninsula's roads means they will have trouble getting the health treatment they need. Audio
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Spending in cyclone-hit Coromandel takes a massive hit
Of those tourism and hospitality businesses questioned, 95 percent had decreased profits.
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Northland harbours at risk from new super-spreader marine seaweed pest
Whangārei Harbour - and others along Northland's east coast - are at risk from a new superspreader invasive pest seaweed devastating parts of Great Barrier Island, a Northland ocean ecologist...
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'Fairly busy': National Emergency Management Agency at committee
Response to recent climate disasters was the focus as the National Emergency Management Agency appeared before the Governance and Administration Committee for its annual review. Audio
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'Fairly busy': National Emergency Management Agency at committee
Response to recent climate disasters was the focus as the National Emergency Management Agency appeared before the Governance and Administration Committee for its annual review.
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Food prices rise at fastest annual rate in more than 30 years
Stats NZ figures show food prices rose 1.5 percent in February on the month before, to be 12 percent higher than a year ago. Audio
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Nearly all schools damaged by cyclone back up running
Nearly all the more than 400 schools and kura damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle are back up and running.
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Watch: PM speaks after first Coromandel visit since wild weather
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will speak to media after visiting the Coromandel after recent storms and two cyclones badly damaged the region's infrastructure.
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Pregnant Coromandel woman faces three-hour drive to birthing unit
A pregnant Coromandel woman faces a three hour drive on backroads to get to a birthing unit, instead of a 45-minute trip, because of the road closure.
Leilani Brown lives in Whenuakite. She's… Video, Audio
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What regions need, three weeks since Cyclone Gabrielle
Three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle and flood victims are still waiting to hear more details of the government recovery plan.
Major state highways are out for the foreseeable for Wairoa, Hawke's… Video, Audio
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Whangamatā school pupils remote learning while SH25 fixed
SH25 at Opoutere is going to reopen tonight to light vehicles, after a washout grew yesterday to take out a lane of the key road to the Coromandel Peninsula.
The bus to Whangamatā Area School has not… Video, Audio
