Weather
'It's Mother Nature, what can we do'
Edgecumbe locals are remaining positive despite being evacuated from their homes as floodwaters surged through the Bay of Plenty town. Evacuees speak to John Campbell. Video, Audio
Hundreds evacuated from Edgecumbe
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the Bay of Plenty town Edgecumbe after floodwaters surged through the town. Reporter Zac Fleming joins Checkpoint live from the town. Video, Audio
Edgecumbe underwater and high winds in Christchurch
The latest on the Edgecumbe evacuations and an update on Christchurch weather with Richard Green. Audio
Edgecumbe Evacuation
Police have been evacuating the eastern Bay of Plenty town of Edgecumbe where a river has breached its banks. A state of emergency has been declared while the police and volunteers are going… Audio
Entire BOP town evacuated due to flooding
Almost two-thousand people are being evacuated from the eastern Bay of Plenty town of Edgecumbe. A state of emergency has been declared while the police and volunteers going door-to-door to get people… Audio
Edgecumbe evacuated in "one in 500 year event"
Six Hundred residents are being evacuated in the eastern Bay of Plenty town of Edgecumbe. Whakatane mayor Tony Bonne says there is a wall of water going through Edgecumbe and "it is a one in 500 year… Audio
Whanganui braces for peak of flood
Reporter Emile Donovan says people are walking around with smiles of their faces as the worst of the weather passes Whanganui without causing the damage forecast. Audio
A landslide in Wellington hits house, ruptures gas line
Wellington City Council spokesperson Richard Maclean says a slip has taken out a power pole, a gas line and the water mains in Newtown. He says there's a big mess to clean up, but it doens't look like… Audio
Kaikoura cut off after rain causes more slips
Kaikoura's Local Recovery Manager Danny Smith says the evacuations were precautionary and the good news is that the weather has broken and he has high hopes the region will come out okay. Audio
Evacuations in Wellington overnight
A flooded stream forced the evacuation of 23 homes near Wellington's south coast. The airport reopened this morning after the bad weather forced its closure last night when signalling was disrupted. Audio
Whanganui ready for flood waters to peak today
A relieved Whanganui mayor Hamish McDouall says the river hasn't reached the levels that were predicted and the city is not likely to be flooded. Audio
Taneatua cut off without power, people trapped in cars
A town in the Bay of Plenty is cut off, without power and people are trapped in their cars due to rising floodwaters. Audio
Whanganui braces for peak of flood
Whanganui River is nearing its peak but our reporter in the city says civil defence staff now say they're not expecting it to flood. Audio
11 people trapped in cars overnight due to rising floodwaters
Eleven people are trapped in cars after being caught in floodwaters in Whakatane Audio
Heavy rain is over... for now.
MetService's Stephen Glassey says the heaviest rain is moving into Canterbury and won't ease up until later tonight. He's not expecting Canterbury to have the same volume of rainfall as the North… Audio
Fears over stream prompt evacuations in Wellington
Wellington is the latest city to be affected by severe weather, with fears over a rising stream prompting people to evacuate from the coast as a precaution.
Severe weather: Schoolchildren stranded, homes cut off
Floodwaters have left about 150 schoolchildren stranded, a person has disappeared in a river and a slip has cut off six west Auckland families. Video
Whanganui evacuations: 'I didn't want to see him get hammered'
John Churton's old business badly flooded in 2015. When authorities told hundreds of people to clear out, naturally he went to help out the "new fellow". Video, Audio
Kaikōura cut off... again
Containers were no match for landslides that came down over SH1, south of Kaikōura, in heavy rain.
Hundreds of people evacuated in Whanganui
About 200 households along the low-lying Anzac Parade and Putiki in Whanganui were told to leave by 4pm this afternoon. RNZ reporter Robin Martin joins us live from Whanganui. Video, Audio
