Flooding
Around the motu : Matt Brown in Marlborough
Hundreds of people have had their say in a survey on Marlborough's roading big fix, after extensive flood damage in weather events over the last two years. Stargazers are looking forward to the Omaka… Audio
Clock ticking for farmers trapped by cyclone to move stock
The clock is ticking for farmers who need to get stock off their land of ahead winter, but cannot because cyclone damage has them penned in.
Some small rural communities are still completely cut off… Video, Audio
Key Coromandel SH25 closing overnight as washout grows
Coromandel could be in a hole lot of trouble with another chunk of a key highway disappearing down a hillside.
State Highway 25 between Whangamatā and Hikuai is open for essential travel only and… Video, Audio
Waka Kotahi warns further damage to SH25 possible
Waka Kotahi's National Emergency Response spokesperson Mark Owen concedes while State Highway 25 is partially open now, more earth under the road could slip away, damaging it further. Video, Audio
Part of key route SH25 Whangamata to Hikuai washed out
Another day, another major state highway seriously compromised. A section of State Highway 25 in the Coromandel - from Whangamatā to Hikuai - has washed out, with the earth below the road falling… Audio
Around the motu : Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay
Editor of Hawkes Bay today Chris talks to Kathryn about the logistics of covering widespread devastation in his patch caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, and about sorting fact from fiction as the rumour… Audio
Gisborne flooding: "It looks like a tornado has come through"
Flooding in Gisborne has seen homes evacuated in parts of the city which don't usually flood. Mangapapa resident Kory Moorcock tried to evacuate from his Shelley Road home but couldn't get far because… Audio
"Curry Rangers" feeding thousands in Hawke's Bay
There have been lots people working really hard to get food to those in need due to flooding. As soon as they got power back, the chefs at Craggy Range have been working hard to make food for those in… Audio
'Very real concerns': Inquiry into forestry slash announced
Forestry Minister Stuart Nash says it is totally unacceptable slash is ending up on beaches after heavy rains. Audio
Explainer: How to be prepared for more rain in hardest-hit cyclone regions
More heavy rain is on the way. So what does this mean for the already soaked and flood-damaged regions? And how can we prepare?
Kāinga Ora mulls modular homes to flooding homeless
It will not just be families already in state houses that need new roofs overhead. Audio
Service held for firefighter killed in Cyclone Gabrielle
Hundreds of mourners have turned out at Muriwai in Auckland to farewell one of two firefighters killed during Cyclone Gabrielle. The death toll for the cyclone currently stands at 11,...
Mother thanks 'guardian angel' daughter for saving family from flood
Cyclone Gabrielle's fury forced a family to break through their ceiling and on to their roof as they waited for rescue.
Rise in leptospirosis cases could be linked to flooding
Bacterial disease leptospirosis is most commonly transmitted through animals, or contaminated soil and water.
'It's for Wairoa, bro': The crew getting Wairoa back on its feet
The destruction is still everywhere to see from the night the river swallowed half a town.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay family's survival on house roof
Cyclone Gabrielle's fury forced a family to break through their ceiling and on to their roof as they waited for rescue.
They were lifted to safety and a week later are back at their Hawke's Bay home… Video, Audio
Bizarre landscape left by Waipawa River floodwaters
'Thousands of bales of silage must have floated down the river' and old washing machines now dot the mud around a piggery, as workers check on damage at Waipawa.
How Northland is coping with Cyclone Gabrielle infrastructure
Whangarei District Mayor Vince Cocurullo confirms some people have been 10 days without power, and parts of the roading network have taken a heavy hit, in particular the road through the Brynderwyns.
…Around the motu: Tim Brown in Hawkes Bay
Around the motu - we're now checking in with reporter Tim Brown in Hawkes Bay - he's been talking to two Esk Valley residents about their ordeal in rising flood waters Audio
'They never came' - Mother left stranded on roof with four children
Jo Cox believed her daughter and grandchildren were dead when they lost contact after the Tūtaekurī River enveloped their home, with the family huddled on the roof. Audio
