Week’s top stories: NZ faces potentially worst El Nino scorch in 80 years
Everything from the weather to politics to movie moguls made for another interesting week.
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Dry horrors: Why Hawke’s Bay’s next drought could be its worst
Region needs to properly prepare for the realities ahead of it, a councillor is warning.
Editorial: Tragic lessons from Hawaiian inferno
OPINION: Every disaster is an opportunity to learn and prepare, our editorial says.
Northern Hemisphere's summer of 'global boiling' - and what it means for NZ
The Northern Hemisphere is sweltering through an unprecedented summer. What can NZ expect?
Warning of more cyclones for parts of Pacific as El Nino threatens
An El Nino event may increase extreme weather in some regions.
Weather: What Kiwis can expect from the coming El Niño
Kiwis could be feeling El Niño's influence by the end of winter. So what can we expect?
'Fight of our lives': Climate scientist ‘optimistic and pessimistic’ about future
James Renwick's new book delivers "future forecast" for NZ, but there's time to change it.
Matt Heath: Don't worry, be happy
OPINION: Worrying is pointless - lean into the good stuff right in front of you instead.
Indian official suspended after draining reservoir to find phone dropped while taking selfie
The phone was retrieved (2 million litres later) but wouldn’t start as it was waterlogged.
Water surge at Grand Canyon tourist hot spot becomes online spectacle
The tourist attraction is at the centre of an experiment to tackle a 'megadrought' issue.
La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone
Many countries will be breathing a sigh of relief as globe moves to a “neutral” condition.
2022 was the fifth or sixth warmest on record
We should expect record-shattering hot years soon as the Earth heats up.
Drought, snow, hurricanes ... The cost of extreme weather in the US in 2022
It was another near-record year in number of extreme events and overall damage from them.
Photos: Heat wave changes landscape in southwest China
Meteorologists are calling it the nation's strongest heat wave since record keeping began.
European drought dries up rivers, kills fish and shrivels crops
An unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of the European continent.
Damien O'Connor and Meka Whaitiri visit drought-hit Southland farms
O'Connor and Whaitiri got a first-hand look at the dry paddocks yesterday.
Climate crisis: NZ is being transformed, but have we noticed?
Climate change is worsening droughts and deluges - but are Kiwis seeing the signs?
Mega-drought in central South America generated by 'The Blob'
Researchers have discovered a pool of unusually warm water off the east coast of NZ.
The big dry: Drought hits farmers hard as winter looms
Concern grows with no rain on the horizon.
Premium: Drought hits farmers hard as winter looms
Dan Maxwell on North Canterbury Drought. Video / George Heard
Focus: Auckland's dam levels still dismally low
Focus: Auckland's dams are sitting at near 50 per cent capacity after another summer dry.
'Uphill battle': Parts of NZ dangerously dry with no immediate end in sight
Akaroa farmer Hamish Menzies said they are making a plan for it if it doesn't rain soon.
Watercare only prosecuting 'significant' waste consent breaches
About 24 companies each month are caught breaching their trade waste consents.
'I'm pleading': Mayor desperate as holidaymakers stretch water to breaking point
'I am pleading with everyone to immediately reduce water consumption,' mayor says.
Even after deluges, remnants of Auckland's big dry remain
Hold-out pockets of drought spread around Auckland linger after biggest dry in 25 years.
La Nina likely to bring rain for top of NZ this summer - Niwa
The top of NZ could be in for a switch from last summer's troubling drought.
Watercare boss says focus on salary contributed to resignation
'It was a distraction for me but more importantly it was a distraction for Watercare.'
Auckland water rethink, despite low levels in storage
Restrictions are being reviewed, despite dams being 22 percentage points lower than usual.
'How have you been this useless?': Hosking grills Watercare boss
Outgoing chief executive Raveen Jaduram says Auckland's water demand is too high.
Hawke's Bay enduring one of its 'greatest economic shocks'
There's light at the end of the tunnel, if the region is smart in the way it reconstructs.
Water crisis casualty: Why Raveen Jaduram quit $775,000 role
Jaduram said it was time for a new chief executive to take Watercare forward.
Auckland water crisis: Watercare boss Raveen Jaduram quits
In July, the exec's $775,000 salary came under fire amid Auckland's water restrictions.
Auckland's high rainfalls won't be enough to end drought
Above-average rainfall won't save Auckland's drought.
It's wet now, but Auckland's on track for a record dry run
First six months of 2020 likely to be Auckland's driest ever - even with more rain coming.