NZ @ Noon: Flooding and wild weather

Wild weather has caused major flooding in Wanganui today.

Wild weather in Wanganui and the Wairarapa today are two of the headlining stories from around the regions today.

A state of emergency continues in Wanganui today with flooding forcing businesses to close and areas of the city to be evacuated.

Check out some of the pics here.

Image 1 of 36: View from Durie Hill lift tower on Wednesday morning. Photos Wanganui Chronicle photographer Bevan Conley

Wild weather has also hit the Wairarapa, causing chaos, power cuts and blowing buses off the road.

The Tranzit Coachlines bus in a field between Greytown and Featherston on State Highway 2, blown off the road by high winds on Monday.

The fight goes on between John Campbell and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges, sparking a social media storm.

An 81-year-old woman who had to be cut from the wreckage of her car in Hastings is still in serious condition today.

Emergency services extract a woman from her car after a collision in Hastings.

People are apparently leaving Rotorua in droves.

And finally the man who stabbed Gus the police dog has been remanded to psychiatric care.

The man who stabbed Gus the dog has been sentenced to psychiatric care.