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Woman rescued from raging river

Pike River to start Paparoa testing

Kaiapoi sewerage damage could take a year to fix

Sewage will flow into the Kaiapoi River for at least another month and it could take a year to rebuild all the area's quake-damaged sewerage systems.

Hundreds farewell Whanganui leader

Around 800 people fairwelled Sir Archie Taiaroa today before his casket was taken down the Whanganui River to his final resting place.

Faultlines spark redesign in Waitaki power project

Tests revealing faultlines along the proposed route of a hydro-electric tunnel on Canterbury's Waitaki River have sparked a redesign of the power project.

Farmer holding back unruly earthquake river by himself

Rain has worsened flooding on a Canterbury farm where a river has forked along an earthquake fault line, cutting through the property.

Keen whitebaiter rescued twice

Waikato River: Delta dawn

Waikato: Warning over river levels

Environment Waikato is worried about the danger of rapidly rising streams and rivers in the next few days.