Natural Disasters

A new report states the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano last year was more powerful than the largest US nuclear test.

Muriwai residents with red-stickered houses want a timeframe for resolution, many fearing their insurance cover will run out before the council completes geotechnical assessments.

Hawke's Bay Regional Council is considering a proposal for an independent review of how its flood protection schemes stood up during Cyclone Gabrielle.

The organisation wants to avoid repeating mistakes it made following the Christchurch earthquake.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kermadec Islands region near New Zealand on Monday, the United States Geological Survey says.

An Eskdale brewer who lost everything in Cyclone Gabrielle has made a new beer to raise money for the community.

A new review was announced this week, but one from 18 months ago had already identified significant problems.

Jim Stabback has broken his silence a week on from the release of a damning flood review. Audio

Opinion - Extreme weather events are complex and working out exactly how much damage climate change caused is a tricky task, write climate science experts.

Gisborne's main water supply pipe was identified as at unacceptable risk of catastrophic failure months before Cyclone Gabrielle smashed it. Audio

The Chief Ombudsman says he expects a rise in complaints on the back of extreme weather events, but it could take some time for frustration to boil over into a noticeable spike.

Pine made up the majority of wood debris left behind after Cyclone Gabrielle in Hawke's Bay, but very little of it was "slash", a council survey has found.

Analysis - Thunderstorm cells over Auckland were lined up in such a way that they fed into each other and kept each other going - leaving damage in its wake.

My Cyclone Gabrielle - Filmmaker Kim Webby travels to Ruatoria to find a community helping each other but when it appears help is going to larger districts, residents fear they will be forgotten.

As cyclone-hit communities rebuild their lives, pests have been making the most of the chaos, destruction and abandoned homes.

The eastern alignment of the ring bank for the proposed Westport flood scheme needs to be changed, even though the design for the $56 million flood package is already sitting with Cabinet awaiting…

The carpet company says its Napier yarn-spinning plant is expected to be offline for a significant amount of time.