Auckland Region

The man leading the inquiry into the official response to last month's flooding in Auckland says the performance of all officials involved will be reviewed. Audio

The sun may finally be out, but the crisis is not over for Auckland residents displaced by last month's floods. Audio

A former teacher of Dilworth School has been sentenced today to six years in prison for historic sex abuses.

A group of health experts is urging the government to expand its free lunch scheme to more schools.

It's slow-going for holidaymakers heading back to Auckland after the Waitangi Day break.

MetService lifts heavy rain watches across much of the country but substantial amounts of rain still fell over the West Coast of the South Island overnight.

Hundreds of volunteers are gathering in Tāmaki Makaurau's Starling Park this morning to help clean up flood-damaged property.

Wayne Brown's office has confirmed that he and his staff were not included on the Emergency Management e-mailing list during Auckland's record-breaking storm.

The Green Party is calling on the government to stop landlords hiking rents in the wake of the Auckland floods.

In a week of severe weather that has seen at least 5000 Auckland buildings damaged, council assessors have had their work cut out for them. Audio

The damage happened after Fire and Emergency was warned two years ago the air intakes were set too low and should be shifted higher.

Locals are applauding the state of emergency extension as communities clean up a week after Auckland's deadly floods.

Some residents locals in the northern Auckland town of Warkworth say they were caught completely unprepared by last Friday's floods and communication was insufficient from local government.

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has admitted he "dropped the ball" last week when the city faced unprecedented rainfall which resulted in three deaths across the region. Video

Volunteers have been working around the clock in South Auckland to provide relief to people displaced by flood waters.

Auckland's state of emergency will be extended for seven days, mayor Wayne Brown has announced, although he also adds it may finish early. Audio

"The thought of rebuilding [in the same location], we'd essentially need to live in a treehouse" - some West Auckland residents say their homes should not be repaired or rebuilt, and the land returned… Audio

A group of Auckland concrete contractors pumped five million litres of water from two floors of underground carparks this week, as flooding wreaked havoc across the city. Audio

What can Auckland do to prepare for the next deluge? We asked some experts for their big ideas.