Heavy rainfall batters many regions of New Zealand; flooding, power outages throw life out of gear
Heavy rain in New Zealand on April 4, 2025, led to flooding, power outages, and transport disruptions, especially in Auckland and Northland. Weather warnings were issued, and emergency operations ...
Worst rain expected to hit Auckland during school drop-off and morning commute
The worst of the rain for the upper North Island is expected to hit during school drop-off and the morning commute. It ...
Work On McKenna Stopbank Wraps Up
The McKenna Road project is an earthen stopbank that will assist with preventing overflow from the Orowaiti River. It is part of the Upper Orowaiti stopbank and is part of the wider flood protection ...
South Island braces for bout of heavy rain.
The top of the South Island is bracing for a big storm as a deep low crosses the Tasman Sea. Orange heavy rain warnings are ...
How NZ could face twice as many big rain-making ‘atmospheric rivers’ by the century’s end
Atmospheric rivers are long, thin filaments of moisture that stretch thousands of kilometres from the subtropics to New ...
"Intergenerational ambition": Council moves ahead to next stage of moving Westport
Buller Councillors yesterday voted to continue to the third stage in the plan to move Westport off the flood plain it ...
Extreme Atmospheric Rivers Could Double In Future Climate
New Zealand could face twice as many of the most extreme atmospheric ... such as the West Coast flooding that took out the Waiho Bridge in March 2019, the widespread flooding in Westport in July 2021, ...