Heavy Rain
Floods intensify Auckland's housing crisis
With so many uninhabitable homes across Tamaki Makaurau - the housing crisis in our biggest city has intensified. So far 175 of the city's flood damaged houses have been red stickered and 760 yellow… Audio
Titirangi homeowners "we have no idea if we can move home"
Aucklanders are bracing for more rain later today. In West Auckland, the hilly, bush-clad suburb of Titirangi is one of the hardest hit. Days of heavy rain has brought down slips, leaving some homes… Audio
Regional Flooding Update
Flooding update from the Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Northland. Audio
Auckland floods: Did city officials respond fast enough?
Communities across the supercity have been devastated by the rain event - but were all responded to equally? Kathryn speaks with Manukau ward councillor Alf Filipaina who believes some emergency… Audio
Flood recovery and rebuilds in 2022
2022 brought serious flooding to parts of the country and major clean-up jobs. In March, Tairawhiti Civil Defence declared a state of emergency when torrential rain caused flooding across the East… Audio
More evacuations can't be ruled out in flood-soaked Nelson
The rain has eased in Nelson but the flooding emergency is far from over and another round of heavy rain is set to come in later today. 411 homes have now been evacuated with some residents forced to… Audio
Wild weather causes death and damage in the north island
A man has died after being swept into a river near Ohakune and two cars were stuck in water in Auckland after the heavy rain overnight.
The heavy rain has also hit the Thames-Coromandel District… Audio
Widespread rain and thunder on the way
MetService is warning of heavy rain and possible thunderstorms in the middle of the country today.
West Coast Update
The heavy rain that drenched the West Coast has continued today. We get an update of the situation from Westland Mayor Bruce Smith. Audio
Torrential rain worries Gisborne region
Heavy rain is falling in the Gisborne area just one week after flash flooding ravaged Tolaga Bay. The Waipaoa River in Gisborne and The Hikuwai River in Tolaga Bay have reached alert levels and State… Audio
A landslide in Wellington hits house, ruptures gas line
Wellington City Council spokesperson Richard Maclean says a slip has taken out a power pole, a gas line and the water mains in Newtown. He says there's a big mess to clean up, but it doens't look like… Audio
Evacuations in Wellington overnight
A flooded stream forced the evacuation of 23 homes near Wellington's south coast. The airport reopened this morning after the bad weather forced its closure last night when signalling was disrupted. Audio
Farmers say it will take years to recover from flooding
A week after heavy rain and flooding started in Auckland, our reporter Sarah Robson headed to farms at Kawakawa Bay, near Clevedon, and found there's still a lot of cleaning up to do.
The storm… Audio
Landslips and surface flooding in Wellington
There has been landslips in the Wellington suburb of Newtown and surface flooding in Hutt Valley and Mana as the torrential rain moves south.
Heavy rain forecast for flood sodden Whanganui
More rain is on the way for Whanganui. Audio