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Te Henga Bethells community remains cut off after flooding
About 200 people remain cut off from the outside world, days after flooding struck West Auckland.
Te Henga Bethells Beach was swamped with heavy rain on Tuesday. Landslides are blocking parts of Te… Video, Audio
Auckland flooding: Bethells Beach residents still cut off
The floodwater is receding but 70 homes at Bethells Beach in West Auckland are still cut off after this week's downpour, when a section of road was washed out.
A fire truck had a near miss with a… Audio
Flood aftermath makes 'filthy, boggy, revolting' mess
Ruined cars, broken belongings and ripped up gardens have emerged from floodwaters in West Auckland after Monday night's deluge.
Weather: West Auckland faces widespread flooding damage
Ruined cars, sodden belongings and ripped up gardens. West Aucklanders have been taking stock of what they lost in Monday night's deluge.
Bethells Beach remains cut off because of a washed-out… Video, Audio
Widespread flood damage at Whangārei golf club
The remains of a weather system that flooded west Auckland has caused thousands of dollars of damage at a Whangārei golf club.
West Auckland floods a 'kick in the guts' after Covid lockdowns
A Kumeū business owner said floodwaters reached waist-high in his automotive shop on Monday night and damaged about 90 percent of his tools.
Auckland flooding: Clean-up begins
A clean-up is beginning in West Auckland after Tuesday's floods.
Dozens of homes were left uninhabitable after the flooding.
Auckland Emergency Management's deputy controller Rachel Kelleher spoke… Audio
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff on the clean-up after the floods
A business owner in West Auckland says his situation feels like a kick in the guts when he's already down after multiple lockdowns, and a deluge of rain.
Floodwaters ripped through dozens of homes… Audio
Auckland flooding: Mechanic's shop ruined
"A bit of a kick in the guts when you're already down"
That's how one business owner in West Auckland is summing up the situation after multiple lockdowns - and now, a deluge of rain.
Floodwaters… Audio
Napier completes review of flood response
Building new houses at least a metre and a half off the ground and basing civil defence staff in Napier are two of the suggestions coming out of a review into the Napier floods.
Heavy rain last… Audio
Auckland flooding: Dozens of households in temporary accommodation
Around 60 households have spent a night in temporary accommodation after serious flooding hit West Auckland yesterday.
In the 24 hours to 9am on Tuesday, almost 210 milimetres of rain fell around… Audio
Auckland flooding: Mechanic predicts two year recovery
A garage mechanic in Kumeū says it could take up to two years to recover from flooding which has wrecked his workshop.
Shock rainfall hammered the township late Monday through to the early hours of… Audio
John Paice - Bethells Beach
John Paice from Bethells Beach Cottages joins us for an update on the situation after storms hit the Auckland region. Audio
Weather: Floods force west Aucklanders from homes
As if level 4 lockdown wasn't bad enough, some west Auckland residents have been forced to flee their homes when flood waters rushed into their houses and continued rising.
In some places the water… Video, Audio
The Pre- Panel with Wendyl Nissen and Sir Ian Taylor
Wallace Chapman and panellists Wendyl Nissen and Sir Ian Taylor talk to Glenn Wheeler and Emily Lane about thunder, lightning, floods and power cuts. Audio
Waves of floodwater in West Auckland - 'It was terrifying'
People scrambled to save what they could as "massive amounts" of floodwater hit parts of West Auckland, with 200mm of rain in Kumeū overnight.
West Auckland weather update with Mayor Phil Goff
The clean up has started in West Auckland where overnight rainfall caused widespread flooding and damage. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has been to the hardest hit area, Kumeu to assess the damage and… Audio
Covid Update: PM's latest briefing
During alert level lockdowns we'll broadcast each day live from the 1pm media briefing to update case numbers and information about differing alert levels around the country. Audio
Man rescued from floodwaters by Surf Lifesavers
Surf Lifesavers in inflatable rescue boats had to smash open the windows of a west Auckland home to free a man who'd been trapped inside since late last night. The house was surrounded by… Audio