Damage
Large scale investment needed to fix NZ roads - Simon Bridges
Future proofing Aotearoa's massively neglected state highway network should be a priority, after Cyclone Gabrielle exposed a significant weak spot - ripping up roads and cutting off social and… Video, Audio
Freightways on effects of major damage to SH5 Napier-Taupō road
More rain has further eroded unstable land in Hawke's Bay, and washed away a 30-metre-long section of state highway 5 - the main road between Napier and Taupō.
After Cyclone Gabrielle the road was… Video, Audio
The Week in Detail: Broken roads and brand new planes
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Floods, eggs, and Carmel Sepuloni
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Mercury Bay Boating Club to be abandoned
The historic Mercury Bay Boating Club in Whitianga will have to be abandoned as the sea creeps to about three metres from the front of the clubhouse. It became famous in the late 1980s when the club… Audio
Cyclone brings state of emergency in Tairawhiti
Former Cyclone Hale has torn across parts of the upper North Island bringing galeforce winds, torrential rain and big swells. The Tairawhiti region has been hard hit and last night a local state of… Audio
Clean up for Otago homes after tornado rips through
A Central Otago community is in clean up mode after a tornado tore through on Saturday night, causing extensive damage to some properties. The tornado ripped through rural Alexandra and Springvale… Audio
East Coast farms surveyed
Nine hundred East Coast farmers are being surveyed to get a real understanding of how much damage was caused by a storm in late March. Audio
Quake-damaged homes case progresses with Ross' settlement
About 3000 Cantabrians short changed on the payouts they received for their quake damaged homes are a step closer to getting their money, after the settlement of a landmark class action.
After a… Audio
Kumeū resident's property extensively damaged
Guy Wishart is a resident of Board Crescent in Kumeū and he's the Chair of the Kumeū Ratepayers Association. His freshly renovated home has suffered major damage in the deluge. Audio
Fences fixed first as farmers count cost of flooding
Farmers in mid-Canterbury are still trying to get their heads around the scale of damage caused by massive flooding in June. It's been an extremely challenging situation for neighbours Anne-Marie… Audio
Ashburton farm recovery likely to take years
Chris and Anne-Marie Allen have owned Anna Dale Farm for nearly 30 years. It's a 300-hectare farm at Ashburton Forks and was severely damaged by flood waters over the last week. Anne-Marie joins the… Audio
Fixing up farms after the flooding
The clean-up continues for farmers whose land was flooded by the Mataura River in Southland. Jon Pemberton had 20 hectares of land under water at Brydone. When it receded he was left with a metre of… Audio
Huge data gaps undermining environmental protection: PCE
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, has identified significant shortfalls in the way environmental data is collected and collated, which he says could be leading to poor… Audio
Natalia D'Souza: Workplace bullying destroys people's lives
Dr Natalia D'Souza speaks to Jim about the ways bullying in the workplace can be dealt with and how good leaders could be trained to effectively deal with the problem which is showing no signs of… Audio
Raimund Muscheler: Earth not prepared for massive solar storm
Dr Raimund Muscheler from Lund University in Sweden is part of a team which has uncovered evidence of massive solar storms in the distant past and says we need to prepare for another. Audio
Tatjana Buklijas: Trauma passed on through genes
Liggins Institute researcher Dr Tatjana Buklijas has been looking into the growing knowledge of intergenerational trauma. She explains what they know so far. Audio
Philip Duncan: Weekend of wet and wild weather
A number of big events have been planned for the weekend against a backdrop of weather warnings. Weather Watch's Philip Duncan talks about the forecast. Audio
Cyclone costs New Plymouth $4.5m and exposes water vulnerabilities
A report into New Plymouth's water crisis caused by Cyclone Gita reveals it had an economic impact of $4.5 million and highlights shortcomings in the resilience of the city's water infrastructure.
Chaos in Auckland after storm strikes overnight
Power was cut to 120,000 homes and businesses, traffic lights were out across the region, and trees crashed on to homes, cars and roads throughout the city. Zac Fleming reports. Video, Audio