Natural Disasters

Tai Rāwhiti chalked up the highest participation rate in the country for the third year running during this year's annual earthquake and tsunami drill.

MetService has concluded its weather forecasting models performed badly before the extreme rainfall that devastated Auckland on 27 January and need to be urgently improved.

The Waikato region is set to receive $1 million in funding to enhance resilience against flood risks in the Coromandel Peninsula.

Cyclone Gabrielle tore through parts of the district in February causing serious flooding in the small community.

Cyclone Gabrielle rescuers could not get hold of utes to get to flood zones in a mad scramble, documents show. Audio

With Hawke's Bay and the East Coast still knee-deep in the recovery from Gabrielle, there's pressure on the regions' new MPs to get it right. Audio

The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Herat province which has been hit by a series of recent tremors.

Ngaa Rauru is joining up with Taranaki Regional Council to search for "nature-based solutions" to flooding of the Waitōtara River catchment in the face of climate change.

Another earthquake has hit western Afghanistan just days after two large quakes in the same region killed more than 1000 people.

Rescuers are digging for survivors of a powerful earthquake that flattened whole villages in Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people.

Survivors described their terror as office buildings first shook - and then collapsed around them.

Watercare is set to begin work today on laying a bypass pipe to reduce wastewater overflow caused by a broken pipe in Auckland's Parnell last week, but meanwhile wastewater continues to flow into the… Audio

Flood and landslide-affected Aucklanders worry they could be forced out of their communities if the council proceeds with buyouts based on its valuations.

The insurance company says its latest strategy will provide more certainty for consumers, as extreme weather events become more common.

Building a more resilient power grid is complex and may take a lot of time and money, Transpower says.

Gisborne has issued a flood warning for the Waipaoa River near the settlement of Te Karaka.