Weather
Ticket type dictates your travel disruption insurance
Frustrated travellers were finally able to continue on their journeys yesterday when fog lifted from Wellington airport. Brent Thomas from House of Travel gives advise on what stranded travellers can… Audio
Ex-Cyclone Debbie: 40,000 in NSW ordered to evacuate
Australian authorities have ordered 40,000 people to evacuate as flooding, caused by the remnants of the cyclone, threatens towns.
Terminal anger: 'We will have been here 30 hours'
The fog is slowly starting to lift in Wellington, and tired travellers who slept rough in the terminal while "rap music" played at 3am are starting to move on. Audio
Fog explainer: Wellington the 'perfect set-up'
The type of fog that has caused Wellington's flight chaos can be expected about six times a year, a meteorologist says.
Post Debbie cleanup could 'take weeks'
"There is debris everywhere, there are signs down, trees across roads, trees across cars, trees across everything." Reporter Tessa Hardy is in Bowen where they are mopping up after Cyclone Debbie. Audio
Stranded passengers get run around from Air NZ
One of the passengers who have been stuck in Wellington is Vickie Davis of Ngatimoti near Nelson. She stepped up to help out some of the older passengers and those who needed a bit of extra help. "We… Audio
Flights at Wellington airport starting to resume as fog lifts
Flights at Wellington Airport are starting to resume after more than one hundred were cancelled due to fog yesterday. The airport says one Air New Zealand flight has managed to land this morning, and… Audio
Locals help out stranded passengers at Wellington airport
Wellingtonian Jeff Weir went to the airport last night to offer a bed to a couple of stranded passengers. "One's in the sleep out, one's in the lounge... We don't need to wait for an earthquake to… Audio
Foggy rage descends on Wellington airport
Wellington airport is still closed because of fog. Our reporter Jacob McSweeny is at the airport where some passengers spent a frustrating night. He says passengers need to go through their individual… Audio
MetService says fog will clear
It's still foggy in Wellington and that is preventing any flights in or out of the capital. And Dunedin also has fog shrouding its airport- and there are no flights to or from there. Audio
Hundreds of would-be passengers slept at Wellington Airport
"Nobody's around and every now and then they will come past and give you a bottle of water if you're lucky." Frustration as plane passengers have to sleep in the Wellington airport terminal after fog… Audio
Late Edition for 29 March 2017
A roundup of the day's news on RNZ National. Terrible weather in Queensland, Auckland, and Wellington. Research from the University of Otago's Dunedin Study shows children's exposure to lead is linked… Audio
Auckland drivers trapped in cars by heavy rain
A man who towed motorists trapped in floodwaters to safety in rural South Auckland says he lost count of how many cars he pulled out. Video
Cyclone Debbie: Queensland braced for dangerous floods
A 1300km stretch of Australia's north-east coast is at dangerous risk of flooding in the wake of Cyclone Debbie, which has also left three people injured.
Fog strands hundreds at Wellington Airport
Hundreds of people are stuck in a foggy Wellington tonight, after the airport stopped flights from taking off or landing. RNZ reporter Michael Cropp joins Checkpoint from the airport. Video, Audio
Auckland Council inaction forces elderly woman to sell home
Bano Prasad's property has been flooded six times since her daughter found a hole near a council stormwater drain in the backyard last November. Video, Audio
Motorists trapped in rising flood waters
A South Auckland farmer towed nine vehicles that were trapped in rising flood waters in Ramarama today. Checkpoint reporter Zac Fleming talks to Cameron Vernon. Video, Audio
Northern Queensland's wakes to damage from Cyclone Debbie
Northern Queensland is waking this morning to the destruction caused overnight by tropical cyclone Debbie. We cross to reporter Kate Kyriacou in Mackay. Audio
Cyclone Debbie wreaks havoc in Queensland
9 News reporter Tessa Hardy has been sheltering from Cyclone Debbie in Bowen, north Queensland. She says power is out where she is and nobody has been able to get out to assess the damage because it… Audio
