Weather
The Panel with Conor English and Verity Johnson (Part 1)
Today on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Conor English and Verity Johnson get the latest on the wild weather from the Whakatane mayor. Plus they discuss Australia banning recreational vaping… Audio
'A great milestone': Access opens up to cyclone-hit Piha
Auckland Council has announced the cordon restricting access into Piha will be removed at midday on Friday.
Slips cut off Bay of Plenty communities
Rūātoki, Awahau and Tāneatua have been isolated, and parts of State Highway 2 closed.
Severe weather warning leaves no room for chance - Buller mayor
Severe weather warnings are in place for parts of the North Island and the west of the South Island this morning. Buller is following events closely, after being walloped by wild weather twice over… Audio
Orange heavy rain warning for Bay of Plenty
An orange heavy rain warning for the Bay of Plenty remains in place until early this afternoon. There is surface flooding and State Highway 2 is closed near Whakatane, at the Waimana Gorge, due to… Audio
Records tumble as IAG works way through deluge of claims
Almost twice as many claims were lodged for the North Island floods as for any other storm event, the insurer says.
Heavy rain warnings for parts of the country
Heavy rain warnings and watches are in place for many parts of the country.
Some still in mouldy, damaged homes, months after Auckland floods
Three months on from the devastating anniversary floods, some West Auckland residents are still living in destroyed homes and are desperate for answers.
Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth and camera… Video, Audio
More wet, warm weather yet to come
Bay of Plenty and western parts of the motu are bracing for even more rain, with warm, wet weather expected to continue until the end of the week.
Orange heavy rain warnings are currently in place… Audio
Mayors of cyclone-affected regions want certainty for flood-damaged properties
Hawke's Bay mayors are telling the government they need more detail and to move quicker on a new plan to decide if people have to permanently leave their flood-damaged homes. Audio
More heavy rain on the way as country experiences warm overnight temperatures
More wet weather is expected for the country this week, as Whakatāne's total rainfall for the entire month of April falls in the past two days. Audio
Wairoa, Hastings mayors want certainty for flood damaged homes
Hawke's Bay mayors are telling the government they need much more detail about a new plan to decide if people have to permanently leave their flood damaged homes. They say cyclone hit communities are… Audio
Heavy rain, high winds continue to batter parts of NZ
Heavy rain and high winds are continuing to batter the upper North island and Nelson-Tasman region - and more bad weather is forecast throughout the second half of the week. MetService Communications… Audio
More rain strikes the Tasman
It looks like another day of heavy rain for the Tasman region northwest of Motueka. Paul Shattock from Nelson-Tasman Civil Emergency Management joins us now. Audio
Bay of Plenty CD warns residents to prepare for more rain
An orange heavy rain warning for the Bay of Plenty has been extended until 11-o'clock on Wednesday morning. A slow moving front lies over the region and is expected to move westwards during tomorrow… Audio
Public transport affected as severe weather warnings remain in place across the country
Downpours have hit Northland, Auckland and Coromandel overnight, with Kaikohe seeing 200 millimetres of rain in 24 hours and the Karangahake Gorge closed due to a slip. Audio
'They are my whānau': Willie Apiata heads $200K fundraising effort for cyclone-hit iwi
The Victoria Cross recipient auctioned off his medal to help an East Coast iwi.
Coromandel roads closed again as more torrential rain hits
More torrential rain is on the way for storm hit regions already battling to keep roads open due to slips after today's deluges.
Some regions have recorded almost a month's worth of rain in two days… Audio
Wet and windy start to the week - Auckland
Overnight power was cut to several hundred homes in Northland, trees came down and there was flooding in Auckland, and chunks of the Coromandel Peninsula's east coast have eroded.
About 74 households… Audio
Māngere locals air fears over flood-prone infrastructure
They want Auckland Council to fix their blocked drains and take faster action to protect them from future flooding events.
