Huge tracts of land retired, fenced or planted to protect Waikato rivers
Massive private and council efforts have gone into protecting Waikato waterways.
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'Atmospheric river': Wet weather dampens spirits on first week of school holidays
Auckland will catch the edge of the "atmospheric river" causing havoc on the East Coast.
Students pitch-in as Queenstown properties red-stickered
One said he convinced his flat mates to travel from Dunedin to help clear the mud.
Kia rite-Time to Act: From cyclones to droughts, climate’s wild ride
OPINION: Get ready for "climate whiplash".
Flood evacuees directed to locked-up church in comms failure
Queenstown residents instead booked a stay at the Holiday Inn out of their own pocket.
School holiday rush: Traffic building south out of Auckland as airport braces for passenger rush
School hols, Warriors' Brisbane match and South Island weather combine for maximum chaos.
Live: Snow falls as southern flooding mop-up gets underway
Landslides and heavy floodwaters have forced residents to evacuate.
Weather extremes: Town left with eight hours of drinking water in Southland state of emergency
Roads are flooded and water is threatening homes across the southern region.
‘A community determining what they need’: At-risk Pūtiki wants its own emergency response
“What you want in an emergency is a community well prepared to respond on their own."
Warnings before devasting Libya floods went unheeded
Experts had said floods posed significant danger to the dams protecting 90,000 people.
Stranded Creative NZ staff felt 'abandoned' during Auckland floods
Creative NZ employees spent most of the night at the airport during the Auckland floods.
Libya investigates the collapse of two dams after flood kills over 11,000
Floods overwhelmed two dams and sent a wall of water that destroyed entire neighbourhoods.
Thousands of native trees planted to increase airfield's flood protection
'We’re pretty sharp at this. I’ve been doing this for nearly 30 years.'
Is stopbank planting problematic?
OPINION: Based on the evidence of the cyclone, the council's plantings must be questioned.
Libya flooding death toll soars to 11,300, 10,100 reported missing
A UN official said that most casualties could have been avoided.
'Any sort of rain': First-home buyers lament flooded newbuild property every rainfall
Developer Precise Homes is blaming Auckland's historically-high rainfall.
Focus: Recovery efforts start in Libya after thousands killed in floods
The death toll in Libya's floods tops 5300, with thousands still missing and fears of a humanitarian crisis. Video / AP
How Libya’s chaos left its people vulnerable to deadly flooding
The floods are the most fatal environmental disaster in the country’s modern history.
2000 people feared dead in devastating Libya flooding
Mediterranean storm Daniel has broken dams and swept away entire neighbourhoods.
'It’s a miracle our baby survived’: Kiwi Cyclone survivors' near miss
The Karekare family were caught in a wave of mud as their home slipped down the hill.
The phone call they'd waited for: Family win fight to save home
Their home didn't flood during the cyclone, but it had sat in the red zone for months.
Taradale to get 12,000 more native plants as flooded nurseries recover
The project will see another round of natives planted alongside the Tūtaekurī River.
Heavy downpours to hit North Island, tree falls in Herne Bay
As temperatures rise during the first week of spring, the rain will continue to fall.
Hawke's Bay residents fighting to stay in homes welcome National's cyclone Ombudsman
The Prime Minister has suggested the move would add another layer of bureaucracy.
Hawke's Bay farmer rapt to move out of Category 3; others still fighting ahead of deadline
'I said to them, well I shouldn't be in Category 3.'
Woman and child lived in mouldy, bug-infested illegal garage, awarded $29k
The Tenancy Tribunal said it was one of the most-serious cases they’d seen.
‘Go back, go hard’: Deputy mayor on tough negotiations with Govt over $2b flood buyout
"Little to be positive about” in the Govt's terms a week ago, according to deputy mayor.
Who's leading our cyclone recovery?
Recovery agency working to ensure opportunity to rebuild region isn't squandered.
Wettest winter in 100 years: Marlborough’s record rainfall revealed year on from state of emergency
Rainfall report released almost a year after devastating weather thrashed South Island.
East Coast cyclone recovery: Phil’s in it for the long haul
Phil Parker’s been on East Coast since Cyclone Gabrielle flooded Wairoa.
After a summer of cyclones, are we ready for a summer of wildfires?
As summer approaches, are we thinking enough about the threat wildfires pose here?
Where to play in Hawke’s Bay? DoC gives update on reserves ahead of summer
DoC wants to get "as much as possible" open for summer 2023.
'What the hell?' Ferry suspensions raise fresh fears around housing development
'You can’t keep allowing mindless infill into areas that can’t handle it.'
The great divide: Will technology solve the climate crisis?
OPINION: Some say we have to change the way we live, others pin their hopes on tech.