Weather
Hanmer scrub fire evacuees return home
A small number of homes and luxury hotel Braemar Lodge were evacuated because of a fire around 4km south-east of the Canterbury resort town.
West Coast cut off amid severe weather
"We've still got quite a number of hours to go until we're out of the woods."
Picton man uses electric car to cook hot breakfast amid power outages
Power is out to around 90,000 homes across the top of the South Island.
Manawatū-Whanganui Civil Defence boosting staff numbers as more stormy weather looms
A strong wind warning is in place in Tararua district for severe gales gusting to 120km per hour.
Electric car becomes home power source during outage
A Picton man - one of the 90,000 without power this morning made the most of the situation by connecting the coffee machine, jug and toaster to his electric car. Charlotte Cook spoke to Rob McCaw. Audio
FENZ gives update on weather incidents as wild winds hit
Fire and Emergency New Zealand Assistant Commander Ken Cooper spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Strong winds hitting lower North Island
Wellington and Wairarapa have been put under a red wind warning. RNZ reporter Ellen O'Dwyer spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Hanmer Springs unaccessable by road
Trent Allison updated Charlotte Cook on the weather situation in Culverden Audio
Minister provides update on weather response
Storms bringing wind gusts of more than 200 km/h to parts of Canterbury have caused damage and disruption across the region. Emergency Management and Recovery Minister, Mark Mitchell spoke to… Audio
Farmers keep milking despite ferocious wind storm
They are coping with power outages, road closures and damaging winds - with all eyes on rising rivers.
Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 23 October 2025
More than 100,000 health and education workers will walk off the job on Thursday, forcing the closure of schools, and cancelling hospital appointments and surgeries; Calls have been made for limits -… Audio
Wild wind reaches Wairarapa
Mary Argue is in Featherston and spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Power outage hits top of South Island
Anna Sargent updates Corin Dann on a power outage affecting the top of the South Island. Audio
Weather forces cancellation of flights in and out of Wellington
Wild weather forces cancellations of flights in and out of Wellington. Nick James is at Wellington Airport and spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
What you need to know about today's weather
Hundreds of thousands of people are being urged to stay home as life-threatening gale force winds blast parts of the country.
Red strong wind warnings in place for much of NZ
Serious weather warnings are in place for the lower North Island and South Island. MetService head of weather news Heather Keats spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Canterbury under a state of local emergency as strong winds hit
Canterbury is under a state of local emergency with damaging gusts of up to 140kph forecast under a series of high-level red strong wind warnings. Reporter Anna Sargent joins us now from Christchurch.
…Wild weather: Closures and cancellations
Parks and public facilities are being closed, commuter transport faces disruptions, and several big events are being affected by the ongoing risk of severe wind gusts.
Wellington GP leader named as victim of tree accident
Wellington specialist GP Richard Tyler died after being hit on the head by a falling tree branch.
'We thought they were goners': Couple save ponies from fire
When Reneé Davis saw a fire raging through paddocks near her home in Kaikōura her first thought was for the ponies.
