Silt
Silt: an explainer
There's tonnes of silt smothering the East Coast right now in badly hit flood areas. But what is it? Professor Troy Baisden principal investigator at Te Punaha Matatini Centre of Research Excellence… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Raw sewage forces evacuation in Napier
People are being evacuated from a Napier street, where there's raw sewage.
Fire and Emergency says members of the public need to stay away from the Awatoto Public Golf Course on Awatoto Road.
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Shops left in knee-high silt after Fiji floods
Over 1700 people are in evacuation centres and shops are buried in silt following floods in Fiji.
Wairoa locals want Government action on silt issue
A Hawke's Bay farmer says she's been forced to sell her underweight stock because a broken privately-owned dam allowed silt to contaminate the water supply. Audio
Frightful Floods
Seven weeks ago severe flooding affected many areas in the lower half of the western North Island. Many farmers are still picking up the pieces, especially in the Whanganui/South Taranaki region. It… Audio, Gallery
Maori eeling business warns of rapid decline in numbers in ChCh
A Maori eeling business is warning that the silt killing Christchurch's eels will do irreversabile damage unless the sediment is removed urgently. Audio
Study says most Christchurch rivers choked with silt
A study of Christchurch waterways has found most are so choked with silt that only minimal numbers of eels, trout and whitebait are able to live there. Audio