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Treasury data shows the cost of insuring a house jumped by more than 30 percent in some parts of the country, in less than a year.

The data, released to RNZ under the Official Information Act, also… Audio

Insurance premiums jumping by as much as 50 percent in a year has forced some councils to reprioritise what assets to protect. The increase has meant some memorial halls - the heart of rural… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

When a natural disaster destroys your home, who should foot the bill? The government, private insurers, or you?  Audio

After a week of business in the House was lost due to Cyclone Gabrielle, Parliament’s sitting year properly gets underway today with Debate on the Prime Minister’s Statement. Audio

Natural disasters, economic turmoil, and injustices in the justice system - The Detail recaps the big stories from this year. Audio

Insurance assessors in Wellington are about to get busy, after another spate of landslips struck the drenched capital this week.

Landslip damage is deemed a natural disaster so residential land is… Audio

A new Bill looks to make life easier for people affected by major disasters, following the human disaster created by shortcomings of the Earthquake Commission in its response to the Christchurch… Audio

While the Prime Minister visited Papatoetoe this morning, the outlook for many recovering from last weekend's tornado remains grim.

Nearly 100 south Aucklanders remain in emergency housing and there… Video, Audio

Natural disaster insurance claimants will no longer have to deal with the Earthquake Commission, and instead will only have to claim through their private insurer.

Previously claimants would apply to… Audio

Some 10 years on from the devastating Canterbury quakes, the wait is still not over when it comes to law changes needed to improve the Earthquake Commission.

The government will not get it done until… Video, Audio

Is New Zealand ready to cope in a global catastrophe? John Gerritsen investigates Video, Audio

Guyon Espiner talks with a panel of University of Otago experts: Associate Professor Janet Stephenson, Dr Ben France-Hudson. Dr Caroline Orchiston and Professor Lisa Ellis. Audio

When the magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook North Canterbury nearly three years ago, a 3.5-metre high wall of earth formed on Dave and Rebekah Kelly's sheep and beef station. The 'Wall of Waiau' – as it's… Audio, Gallery

A Wellington apartment owner facing skyrocketing insurance premiums is demanding the government take over the natural disaster insurance industry.

Wellington City Council this week hosted the first… Audio

Melissa Heath thinks her message to New Zealander homeowners is a scary one. She suggests we might all need a cup of tea and a stodgy muffin after hearing it. Video

The focus is on days of the week, month and year today as MPs debate next year’s calendar and which day to read the budget.

A bill on oil and gas exploration permits is at the top of MPs’ to-do list again today as it faces it’s last hurdle in the House.

The Earthquake Commission's assets are now as low as $287 million, and will soon reach the $200m mark that triggers the Crown guarantee to top up the Natural Disaster Fund. Video, Audio

Getting disaster response funds to where people need them and in a timely manner is the goal of a dedicated Pacific insurance company set up in response to climate change and the limited resources of… Audio

Pacific people at a New Zealand climate summit call for more influence on global issues that affect the region's rapidly changing climate. Audio

Representatives of disaster authorities from six Pacific countries came together this week in Fiji to review their use of data after disasters. Audio

Phil Pennington and Tim Graham share the stories and events from the first days of the 7.8 earthquake that ripped the land apart, caused massive slips, cut off Kaikoura and towns nearby and severely… Video, Audio, Gallery

The idea there is an upside to natural disasters – that they are good for the economy - is ‘a figment of our imagination’, economist Shamubeel Eaqub says. Audio

French Polynesia's government has put its case for the territory to be removed from the United Nations decolonisation list. Audio

Five years on from the earthquakes, many expected the mental health of the population to have recovered. Instead, mental illness statistics are continuing to climb in almost every measurable area… Video

Sally Round reports from  Fiji on the efforts to rebuild people's lives after the devastating impact of Cyclone Winston. Video, Audio, Gallery