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Auckland floods: What you need to know about insurance
First came the floods and now a rising tide of insurance claims. So what do you need to know if your car is swamped with water or your basement carpet's coated in silt?
Tower Insurance Chief Claims… Video, Audio
Auckland floods: Schools clean up, welcome evacuees
So instead of throwing open their doors to students, Auckland school principals are welcoming displaced families and counting the cost of Friday's flood damage.
Amy Williams has the story. Audio
Auckland floods: Local schools, ECEs told to close until Feb 7
Auckland schools and early childhood centres have been told to keep their gates shut until next Tuesday - the day after Waitangi Day.
About 20 schools in the region were badly hit by the flooding… Video, Audio
Auckland floods: Rānui hit hard - homes red and yellow stickered
A rainfall warning has been upgraded to red for parts of Auckland, Coromandel and Northland from Tuesday afternoon.
It comes as the region has recorded a whopping 769 percent of its usual January… Video, Audio
'I'd like to have known earlier': Auckland Mayor admits 'hiccups' in weather response
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says there were hiccups in the response to the unprecedented weather, but pointed to the Civil Defence duty controller as being the one "in charge". Audio
Ironclad Pans business under water
Levi Slavin of Ironclad Pans tells us about how his business was under 5ft of water and the devistation caused by the floods. Audio
Residents impacted by flooding
Wallace talks to two residents whose homes have been flooded. Oliver Martis lost his house in the Auckland floods. Loisa Teoh's house was flooded in Mangere. Audio
Slips, slides and no water - Titirangi suburb battered by storm fallout
The West Auckland suburb of Titirangi has been hit particularly hard by flooding and slips, with multiple locals forced to evacuate, roads cut off and some residents without water for days. Audio
Regional Flooding Update
Flooding update from the Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Northland. Audio
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins: 'Still a very challenging time' for Auckland
Auckland has a big clean-up job and faces uncertainty with severe weather forecast, but the prime minister would not be drawn on the Auckland mayor's handling of the flood response. Audio
'Everything was floating down the road' - Te Kuiti cleans up after intense rain
Several inundated homes were evacuated after an intense burst of rain on Saturday.
Te Kuiti in clean up mode after weekend flooding
The Waikato town of Te Kuiti is in clean-up mode today after a state of emergency was declared.
Several inundated homes were evacuated and about 100 properties were without water after a main burst… Audio
Nearly 150 calls to Fire and Emergency overnight
Fire and Emergency say there were 148 flood related incidents last night.
Two slips have caused problems in Tititrangi resulting in the evacuation of four houses.
Reporter Mohammad Alafeshat spoke… Audio
'It's a complete and total loss of everything in our building'
Business owners in Auckland's North Shore say it will take months to re-open shop after severe weather in Auckland damaged their properties and equipment.
Rain coming back to Auckland - MetService
It's been a stormy night for the sodden north, with rain dousing large parts of Auckland, Northland and the Waikato.
Coromandel peninsula soaked up the most rain - about 80 millimetres - while… Audio
'It's just a battle zone': Aucklanders take stock after extreme weather
Aucklanders whose homes and businesses were inundated during Friday's deluge have begun cleaning up as the threat of further wild weather lingers.
Northland under orange heavy rain warning
Northland is under a Orange Heavy Rain Warning and Severe Thunderstorm watch this morning, with the region under an accute risk of flooding, slips and road closures. MetService says a thunderstorm… Audio
AK Floods: neighbours helping neighbours in cleanup
In the central Auckland suburb of Epsom, the flooding found its way into an eight-unit townhouse complex on Gillies Ave. Reporter Leonard Powell spoke to one of the residents there, who -- thanks to… Audio
AK Floods:how Nth Shore businesses coping
Among the areas worst affected by the floods in Auckland was Wairau Valley on Auckland's North Shore. It's where two of the four people confirmed to have died in the disaster lost their lives. Our… Audio
AK Floods: Mangere family's frightening Friday
Four people are now confirmed to have lost their lives in the Auckland flood, in which a summer's worth of rain fell in less than 24 hours on Friday. Our team of producers and reporters were out and… Audio
