NZDF will need to report back by July.

The swollen river overflowed, flooding a construction site.

Horizons Regional Council to spend $100,000 looking for sources of water contamination

A move to enforce stricter safety rules makes using cabs harder for mobility scooter users

Councils have perfected pretending they're doing something meaningful about water quality

Lots of water improvement work in hand, and requests for lots more

Better testing and information needed on chemical contamination near Ohakea, lawyer says.

Owners of flood-prone properties may get help to sell, move or raise them - if they want.

Disappointment at failure to raise swimmable rivers target to 80 per cent

Wet weather in the east and (mostly) fine in the west.

Study finds multiple factors contributing to faster-than-expected small improvement

Signs warned of contaminated water, but are coming down.

Horizons and Manawatu councils say more government input is needed

Forest & Bird says Horizons and HBRC are ignoring irrigation research.

Allan Cook has been made a MNZOM for his public service to river and drainage engineering

Sewage dumped just 50m upstream from Levin's supply. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

They don't like the smell. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Marton lines its streets with sandbags. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Wild weather is hitting the Whanganui region. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Levin family have been left homeless after a stopbank on their property burst its banks, sending a raging torrent of water knocking

A Fonterra milk tanker driver was uninjured when his truck and trailer crashed off the road near Woodville this morning. The tanker

A truck carrying an estimated 5700 litres of bitumen crashed between Feilding and Halcombe this morning.

Across the region returned regional councillors weren't impressed with some of the tactics employed by environmentalists, Dannevirke's

The Horizons Regional Council will continue with its nutrient management consenting ahead of a date with the Environment Court. Last

His science background could be helpful in communicating Horizons Regional Council's activities more clearly to voters, Allan Wrigglesworth

After farming sheep, cattle and goats and filling many roles on national bodies rural Whanganui man Jeremy Austin is looking to become

A deodorising fence surrounding Wanganui's ailing wastewater treatment plant is staying - even though it's costing on average $3000 a day.