Southland
Mataura pulls together for big clean up - 'It's just what you do'
The mop-up is underway for residents in flood-hit Mataura, but it could be a while before some people can return to their homes.
Southland floods aftermath: Some homes uninhabitable
A state of emergency remains as residents and farmers in Mataura, Gore, Wyndham and Balclutha return to assess the damage caused by the floods. Audio
Southland floods: Evacuated Mataura residents can return home
The Southland town of Mataura has been reopened to residents after evacuations for flooding yesterday morning.
Southland floods: 'Everything is gone' - Gore residents
The swollen, brown Mataura River is still thundering under the road and rail bridges in Gore.
Evacuations in Southland
People evacuated from the Southland towns of Mataura and Wyndham have not been allowed to return home tonight, because the flood risk is still too high. Meanwhile hundreds of Gore residents evacuated… Audio
Southland flooding: As it happened
Dozens of farms are underwater and there are widespread highway closures throughout Otago and Southland. See how the day unfolded.
Southland flooding: Crowds in limbo as Gore evacuated
It's been a day of limbo for people at evacuation centres in Gore. Hundreds of households were forced to move to higher ground, or seek shelter at four community centres, as the Mataura RIver lapped… Audio
Mataura flooding - latest update
RNZ Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown is at a cordon just south of Mataura, which is about halfway between Gore and Invercargill.
Residents there have heightened fears about the possibility of a… Audio
Toxic ammonia gas likely to be released into floodwaters - authorities
Toxic ammonia gas is likely to be released from about 10,000 tonnes of premix at a paper mill in the township of Mataura, authorities say.
Southland flooding - latest update
In Southland extreme flooding has impacted much of the region. RNZ reporter Katie Todd has just been in the latest Civil Defence briefing and joins Lisa Owen live from Invercargill. Video, Audio
Weather: Thousands flee homes in Southland flooding
Thousands of people in Southland towns, not just Mataura, have been forced to leave their homes following civil defence evacuation orders.
Residents in Gore, Wyndham and Mataura were told not to be… Video, Audio
Mataura flooding: Potential toxic spill threatens as river rises
In Southland extreme flooding has continued to cause havoc across the region for another day.
In Mataura, halfway between Invercargill and Gore, residents are angry after the looming threat of a… Video, Audio
Southland flooding: Residents in three towns told to evacuate
Residents of low-lying areas of Gore and Mataura are being evacuated as river levels rise and people in a third Southland town, Wyndham, are being told they will have to leave. Audio
Mataura now a "ghost town" - reporter
RNZ reporter Tim Brown talks to Kathryn from the outskirts of Mataura, where emergency services have now evacuated, leaving no one behind. Audio
Mataura river levels threaten more Southland towns
Residents in the Southland towm of Wyndham are the lastest to be told to evacuate thier homes as river water threatens to breach banks. They've been told to go east, not west. Three days of heavy rain… Audio
Southland flooding: 'Need to get out now'
Residents in the Southland towm of Wyndham are being told to evacuate their homes amid rising river levels. Residents in Mataura are bracing themselves as the Mataura River approaches its highest… Audio
Burt Munro Challenge continues at Oreti Beach
Despite the weather, thousands of motor bike enthusiasts are on their way to Oreti Beach in Southland for the annual Burt Munro Challenge. Audio
State of Emergency as constant rain floods in Southland
The whole of Southland is now in a state of emergency because of extensive flooding after two days of heavy rain. Bryan Crump speaks with Southland's mayor Gary Tong about what's happening and what's… Audio
Southland flooding: Homes evacuated in Gore
About 20 people are expected to stay at a refuge hub in Gore overnight following heavy rain which has flooded homes.
'Splintering, crushing and screaming' - Slip crashes into tramping hut
A group of 31 trampers rescued from a DOC hut in Fiordland have spoken of escaping with minor injuries after a slip crashed through the wall, crushing bunk beds. Video, Audio
