Fire stations, marae, energy infrastructure and airports are also at direct risk from coastal flooding and landslides, while ...

Helen Lash said it had been raining steadily in the district on Friday, and there was already surface flooding in South Westland, with more rain forecast for the ranges overnight. "Regional council ...

More than 220 people died after torrential rains on Oct. 29 triggered floods that swept through the suburbs south of the regional capital Valencia. Residents in stricken areas accuse regional govt ...

A local state of emergency has been issued for the southern ward of Westland District this morning as flooding sparks evacuations, road closures and landslips, authorities say. In the latest update, ...

Recent proposals involve sacrificing land and homes to do so. Linda Hall went to Wairoa and talked with an affected whānau.

Six “muka” (fibrous strands that come from harakeke) represent aspirational wellbeing outcomes for Tairāwhiti. They are ...

Their first flood happened in 2020 ... their property and into drains belonging to the district council and New Zealand Transport Agency. "The current drains and culverts no longer sustain ...

Staff currently use another form of physical modelling to predict flooding, but it takes 24 hours to develop forecasts.

Tens of thousands of people marched on Saturday in Valencia to voice their anger at the authorities’ handling of deadly ...

In the spring of 2018, for a feature we published in Issue 155, Richard Robinson photographed endangered tarāpuka, ...

“Climate change is happening. We’ve seen several examples in recent years of extreme rain causing widespread flooding in New Zealand." “We need to be proactive about this and make sure we ...

Over in Spain, efforts have begun to search an underground carpark in Valencia - where authorities fear may more be dead ...