Natural Disasters

Hundreds of West Auckland properties have been been red or yellow strickered after being hammered by the anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. Several of these homes were inundanted after local… Audio

Flood records have been swept aside in Burke, in Northern Queensland, Australia, where vast swathes of the Gulf of Carpentaria are underwater. 

Most residents of Burketown were flown to safety, while… Audio

There are growing calls for the government to consider a managed-retreat from flood-prone areas in West Auckland.

Some residents are asking Auckland Council to step up, as retreat could take years to… Audio

Residents in Ōtāne and Waipawa can now drink from their taps after a 26-day boil water notice was lifted. 

The notice affected nearly twenty per cent of residents in the Central Hawke's Bay… Audio

It's one month to the day since Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked havoc on the North Island. And despite being part of the countries biggest city, Karekare on Auckland's west coast is reportedly now the last… Audio

There are growing calls for the government to consider a managed-retreat from flood-prone areas in west Auckland. But, as that could take years to implement, some residents are asking Auckland Council… Audio

In this Voices episode, we're talking to volunteers coming together to help the Hawkes Bay's community back on its feet again after Cyclone Gabrielle.  Audio

Red sticker, yellow sticker, managed retreat - the way we think about insurance has been turned upside down by a summer of extreme weather events. The Detail looks at the role insurers will play in… Audio

A Hawkes Bay man hasn't let Cyclone Gabrielle put him off from buying a local store in a hard hit rural area.

Jaycen Maxwell took the plunge in Puketapu taking on the business within days of the… Audio

It's been almost a month since Cyclone Gabrielle struck New Zealand, devastating large portions of Hawke's Bay and Tai rāwhiti.

The clean up is in full swing, with people still digging through silt… Audio

By now we've all becomed pretty accustomed to images of cars stuck in flood waters or vehicles abandoned having been submerged. Go to Trademe and there's no shortage of auctions for vehicles -- some… Audio

A summer of devastating storms has put the spotlight on the role of insurance - and insurance companies - in society. Audio

Washed-out bridges, twisted steel and missing bits of rail track have halted trains around Napier.

A huge clean up operation is now under way to repair the lines after Cyclone Gabrielle tore its… Video, Audio

Cyclone Gabrielle has devastated fruit and vegetable crops in New Zealand's fruit bowl: Hawke's Bay. Audio

To another part of the country having to rebuild after Cyclone Gabrielle now, Tai Rawhiti The staff at Te-Whare-Hauora O Te Aitanga-A-Hauiti in Tolaga Bay have had to become jacks of all trades, from… Audio

Roading contractors will this morning make a call on whether one of the last major roads in and out of the Coromandel can reopen after a large part of it caved in. One lane of State Highway 25 between… Audio