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![Project Auckland: Resilience key in housing - Kāinga Ora](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Project Auckland: Resilience key in housing - Kāinga Ora
The recent floods have made Kāinga Ora determined to push on with future-proofed housing.
![Future proofing Auckland: Climate change means planning for a risky future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Future proofing Auckland: Climate change means planning for a risky future
Where we build needs to change in the face of more extreme weather.
![Sponge cities: Could this approach help NZ weather climate change?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Sponge cities: Could this approach help NZ weather climate change?
An expert in urban planning says we need to change the way we think about cities.
![Cyclone Gabrielle: More fibre in infrastructure diet might be needed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Cyclone Gabrielle: More fibre in infrastructure diet might be needed
Hold the line: How can we build a more resilient system?
![Piha local narrowly escapes death as home reduced to rubble](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Piha local narrowly escapes death as home reduced to rubble
Marine Parade has more than a dozen homes still submerged in water that will not drain.
![Juha Saarinen: We weren’t prepared for this cyclone, but we need to be in future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Juha Saarinen: We weren’t prepared for this cyclone, but we need to be in future
Opinion: The climate emergency is hitting home hard, writes Juha Saarinen.
![Cyclone Gabrielle: Waiheke Island cut off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Cyclone Gabrielle: Waiheke Island cut off
Slips have caused road closures and there is no power at Matiatia Ferry Terminal.
!['Crying, screaming': Tree smashes into family home, missing children by metres](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Crying, screaming': Tree smashes into family home, missing children by metres
'I just knew that my kids were upstairs and I just needed to get to them.'
![Storms force MPs to consider suspending Parliament for a week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Storms force MPs to consider suspending Parliament for a week
MPs met today to discuss a break from Parliament in light of the unprecedented storm.
!['Dangerous work': Firefighters battle blaze in Papakura](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Dangerous work': Firefighters battle blaze in Papakura
Fire crews at first worried someone was inside the unit.
![Civil Defence warns of tsunami siren test in Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Civil Defence warns of tsunami siren test in Auckland
From noon the sirens will sound for one minute each across the Auckland region.
![Police flush out drug details](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Police flush out drug details
Aucklanders will undergo anonymous police drug testing by flushing the toilet in cutting-edge research that will help reveal the city's drug-taking habits.
![Outsider all business in race to lead Supercity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Outsider all business in race to lead Supercity
John Palino, restaurateur, businessman, actor and suave Auckland mayoral candidate is busy in the kitchen of his smart, two-bedroom apartment.