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Flood clean-up: 'Windows at the back of the shop blew out'
A number of businesses in Te Awamutu have been in clean-up mode after being flooded following a torrential downpour in the Waikato town yesterday.
Mops out in Te Awamutu after sudden flooding
Mops were on hand in the Waikato town Te Awamutu today - as businesses cleaned up after being flooded during a torrential downpour yesterday.
Heavy rain and hail struck in the afternoon causing… Audio
Auckland Council eases water limits in controversial decision
In an early Christmas gift to Aucklanders, the Council has decided to ease residential water restrictions this summer.
The city has been under restrictions since May, when storage across all… Audio
Auckland Council eases water restrictions for summer
Auckland Council has agreed to ease water restrictions for summer. Our reporter Katie Doyle has more details. Audio
Concerns about mass die-off of little blue penguins raised
The Bird Rescue Charitable Trust has been getting reports of dead penguins on beaches in Northland and north Auckland, and it could be connected to the current La Nina weather pattern.
Rescue group fear mass die-off of penguins
A bird rescue group is worried there could be a mass die-off of Little Blue Penguins this summer.
The Bird Rescue Charitable Trust says it's getting reports of dead penguins on beaches around… Audio
Principal says quarry's potential health risk 'of huge concern'
A Featherston principal has told the council giving the quarry resource consent would create a health risk, affect sports and would lessen attraction of school and town. A Featherston principal...
The DNA in Water
A few months back we spoke with Professor Michael Bunce, Chief Scientist with the Environmental Protection Authority. He tols us of a Citizen Science project called Wai Tūwhera o te Taiao - Open… Audio
New Plymouth residents warned as rain overwhelms sewerage
New Plymouth residents are being warned told to steer clear of contaminated beaches, rivers and streams after heavy rain caused several sewerage pump stations to overflow.
Big wet contaminates New Plymouth beaches
More than 100mm of rain has fallen on parts of Taranaki over the last 24 hours, causing slips, surface flooding and overwhelming sewerage systems.
The emergency response team was mobilised in New… Video, Audio
Wellington water report suggests meters needed
Eugene Doyle, water activist and member of Wellington's Mayoral Taskforce on the Three Waters, gives his view. Audio
Christchurch residents say council not doing enough to stop compost plant stench
Residents who live near a stinky organic composting plant in Christchurch are growing frustrated at the lack of action by the council.
Scores of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins dead after stranding
More than 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins are dead after being stranded on the Chatham Islands, with 26 of them having to be euthanised.
Health officials sought advice on contaminants two months after fire notification
Public health officials in Waikato asked for expert advice about contaminants two months after being notified a fire was burning at a landfill west of Huntly.
Heritage NZ seeks plan to resolve pā tensions at coastal reserve
The Crown agency has weighed into a long-running access rights battle at a historic pa site in Taranaki as friction simmers at Hauranga Pā.
Transition Engineering conference: Susan Krumdieck
Engineering, tech, business and science are coming together to talk about renewable energy systems and how to transition to net zero within ten years. The Convergence for a carbon transition 2020-2030… Audio
Coromandel's windscreen woes - 'It's not really good enough'
One motorist had three windscreen cracks in a single journey by stones flicked up from loose road surfaces - others have had glass chipped on the way home from getting the previous day's damage fixed.
Nelson's sea-level rise plan may be inadequate - expert
Nelson city's climate champion Chris Cameron says planning for long-term sea-level rise of two metres might not be enough.
Nelson's long-term outlook has a lot of it underwater
Nelson residents have been getting the detail on how their homes could be submerged by sea waters rising as much as two metres.
Last week, 4500 property owners in Nelson City received letters telling… Audio
Whale and dolphin stranding scene 'horrific' - Witness
More than a hundred pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died after becoming stranded on the Chatham Islands.
Commercial diver and photographer Sam Wild, who is currently in the islands, says… Audio
