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Westport flooding: Very clear need for external accommodation support - Mayor
Hundreds of Westport residents still don't know when or if they'll return to live in their homes following the devastating flooding in the town.
At least 65 homes have been red-stickered but more are… Audio
Flooding to become more common, severe as climate changes - expert
Climate experts are predicting weather events like the weekend's flooding will only become more common - and more severe - as climate change picks up pace.
More than 1000 people were forced to… Audio
Stranded orca calf to stay in temporary pool for now
The Department of Conservation is investigating a pod of orca sighted in the Marlborough Sounds in an effort to reunite a stranded calf with its family.
Volunteers scoop 30kg of dog poo from Dunedin walkway
Volunteers collected an immense amount of dog faeces from the 5km stretch of Dunedin's popular West Harbour walkway. Audio
Volunteers scoop 30kg of dog poo from Dunedin walkway
A voluntary poo patrol has scooped up kilograms of dog do from Dunedin's popular West Harbour walkway.
A few weeks back we to spoke to Antonia Wood who lives with her family in St Leonards.
They're… Video, Audio
Weather: Parts of flood-prone Westport to be red-zoned
The mayor of Buller estimates up to 100 people could be left without a home following the weekend's flooding on the West Coast.
While over 2000 people have been cleared to return home, more than 100… Video, Audio
Wild weather: Should Westport move entirely?
Some Westport residents have returned to see the full scale of the damage to their properties from this weekend's flooding.
Many sodden homes remain unlivable, their occupants forced to doss down in… Video, Audio
Wellingtonians warned to get used to large rainfall events
Wellingtonians are being warned to get used to future large rainfall events, similar to the one over the weekend.
Aircraft scheduled to look for orca's pod off Kāpiti Coast today
The aerial search for an orca pod in Wellington region waters has resumed after four days of bad weather.
In pictures: Top of the South Island flooding
Floodwaters still have not completely receded from some parts of Westport and Marlborough and hundreds of people are displaced after water rushed through their homes.
Toa expected to move back into Plimmerton pen today
The orphaned orca Toa is expected to be moved back into his sea pen today after spending the weekend sheltering from bad weather in a portable pool.
Toa has been cared for around the clock after… Audio
Weather settles as efforts to re-connect flood-hit communities goes on
Work is underway to clear debris, assess damage and re-open vital routes to reconnect severed South Island communities. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy speaks to Kathryn about Patricia Grace and her recently published memoir, "From the Centre." Audio
How is a 1 in 100 year event calculated?
With the weekend's flooding events in Buller and Marlborough being the third in the country this year, questions are being asked what a 1 in 100 year event means. Kathryn speaks with Niwa Principal… Audio
The wandering elephants who've taken China by storm
China's become fascinated with the odyssey of a herd of rare elephants through the country.
Youth killed in Iran water crisis protests
Anger over water shortages turns deadly as Iran faces worst drought in 50 years.
Flood-hit Marlborough residents told they can return to their homes
Residents evacuated in Marlborough yesterday because of the flooded Wairau River have been told they can return to their homes from midday.
Handle on hedgehogs' winter habits to help eradication efforts
GPS tracking of alpine-dwelling hedgehogs during winter shows they don't seek warmth elsewhere, but dig in and hibernate.
Relief operations underway in Marlborough and Buller
Residents evacuated in flood-hit Buller and Marlborough are returning to their homes as roads slowly re-open today.
Europe floods: Rescuers race to find survivors as hundreds remain missing
Rescue crews have been racing to find survivors of floods that have wreaked havoc across western Europe, killing 170 people.
