Severe Weather
Govt lacks plan to cope with climate change - report
15 Dec 2017
Billions of dollars worth of infrastructure and thousands of homes are at risk of sea-level rise and severe weather caused by climate change, but a new government report says there's a total lack of… Audio
Severe flooding destroys houses in PNG's Morobe
28 Oct 2016
Relief supplies are being deployed to areas of Papua New Guinea's Morobe Province after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides.
Ambulances on standby as mountain rescue gets underway
23 May 2016
Back now to the people who're stuck in the snow in their four-wheel-drives on a remote Otago mountain road. Audio
36 people trapped in vehicles on snowed-in Otago mountain road
23 May 2016
A group of 36 four-wheel-drive enthusiasts have spent the night stuck in snow on a remote Central Otago mountain road after severe weather prevented rescue attempts. Audio