Niva Chittock

A state of emergency is also in place on the West Coast.

Reporter Niva Chittock spoke to Susie Ferguson from the Civil Defence Emergency Centre in Westport. Audio

A state of emergency is also in place across the West Coast.

Buller River was expected to peak in the early hours of this morning and Civil Defence controller Douglas Marshall says the full impact of… Audio

The West Coast Te Wai Poutini is in a state of emergency and a red rain warning is still in place.

Residents and contractors are hustling to protect their properties as rivers keep rising.

RNZ… Audio

Heavy rain warnings for Buller and Westland were upgraded to red by MetService yesterday, with the chance of dangerous river conditions, significant flooding, and slips blocking roads and possibly… Audio

Emergency operations are ramping up at the top of the South Island. Heavy rain warnings are in place around northern and western parts of the mainland with a state of emergency declared on the West… Audio

Emergency operations are set to ramp up at the top of the South Island as another major flood looms large.

Heavy rain warnings are in place around northern and western parts of the mainland with a… Audio

Westport people have had their first chance to grill the experts about a potentially precedent-setting plan to deal with major floods over the next hundred years.

An information evening was held in… Audio

Floodwaters stubbornly remain in some parts of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula, turning backyards into lakes and sending rubbish bins drifting past the front fence.

Torrents of water have also sent… Video, Audio

Paying with cash, reading books and playing boardgames to pass the time - you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a bach holiday or a childhood from times gone by.

Instead, it's the central North Island… Audio

Nursing graduates are having to wait weeks between finishing their study and starting work despite the health sector's staffing crisis. Graduates sit the national registration exam, known as States… Audio

The Ōtakaro-Avon and Ōpāwaho-Heathcote in Christchurch are some of the most polluted in the region. 

While the Avon has received a lot of attention since the Canterbury Earthquakes with $100 million… Audio

A massive failure - that's how Bromley residents are describing the first day of Christchurch City Council's support package for those living with the horrendous stench from the damaged waste water… Audio

Christchurch City councillors will soon vote on how to compensate people in Bromley worst-affected by the overwhelming stench coming from the city's wastewater treatment plant.

Thousands of… Audio

Canterbury District Health Board is still grappling with high numbers of Omicron cases weeks after it thought it would be over the worst.

It had expected numbers to be in single digits by now -… Audio

As more people opt for two wheels to get around, bike thefts are also climbing, with on average more than four per day reported stolen in Christchurch.

The city has adopted a community bike register… Audio

Wait till the pain is so bad that you can't sleep - then you might get on the public health waiting list.

That's the advice from GPs to patients who contacted RNZ to tell stories of living in… Audio

Sky-high food prices and a rising cost of living have Cantabrians heading to the garden. 

Foraging, community commons and backyard veggie gardens are on the rise in Otautahi, with more people… Audio

A Christchurch woman has been left reeling after thieves broke into her car and then used ATMs to steal thousands of her savings.

They did it without the password for her online banking account or… Audio

Residents of a Canterbury town have not had a reliable source of safe drinking water for nearly a year - and three weeks ago began showering in a community hall.

It's likely to be another year before… Audio