Queenstown residents instead booked a stay at the Holiday Inn out of their own pocket.

School hols, Warriors' Brisbane match and South Island weather combine for maximum chaos.

Landslides and heavy floodwaters have forced residents to evacuate.

Roads are flooded and water is threatening homes across the southern region.

“What you want in an emergency is a community well prepared to respond on their own."

Experts had said floods posed significant danger to the dams protecting 90,000 people.

Creative NZ employees spent most of the night at the airport during the Auckland floods.

Floods overwhelmed two dams and sent a wall of water that destroyed entire neighbourhoods.

'We’re pretty sharp at this. I’ve been doing this for nearly 30 years.'

Developer Precise Homes is blaming Auckland's historically-high rainfall.

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The floods are the most fatal environmental disaster in the country’s modern history.

Mediterranean storm Daniel has broken dams and swept away entire neighbourhoods.

The Karekare family were caught in a wave of mud as their home slipped down the hill.

Their home didn't flood during the cyclone, but it had sat in the red zone for months.

The project will see another round of natives planted alongside the Tūtaekurī River.

As temperatures rise during the first week of spring, the rain will continue to fall.

The Prime Minister has suggested the move would add another layer of bureaucracy.

Recovery agency working to ensure opportunity to rebuild region isn't squandered.

Rainfall report released almost a year after devastating weather thrashed South Island.

Phil Parker’s been on East Coast since Cyclone Gabrielle flooded Wairoa.

As summer approaches, are we thinking enough about the threat wildfires pose here?

DoC wants to get "as much as possible" open for summer 2023.

After a year, people are still waiting for information after flooding destroyed homes.