Homes near the Motueka River were evacuated as a precaution as a second barrage of downpours is forecast in the Nelson-Tasman region.

This five-year NIWA-led research programme will develop a system to map flood hazard consistently across the whole ... Research Aim 2: Flood Risk to the Built-Environment. Paulik, R., NIWA, WSP, ...

The timeliness and effectiveness of warnings and the emergency response to the Auckland Anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle will come under scrutiny.

Mandatory evacuation are underway as the Wairai river threatens a stopbank near the township of Spring Creek just out of the ...

New Zealand is preparing for a severe weather event which may become a cyclone. Northland and Auckland are expected to be hit hard with heavy rain and strong winds forecast. Orange warnings are in ...

The Walmsley Road Bridge in Māngere will fully close from June 2025 to February 2026 as part of Auckland Council's flood resilience programme. At this month’s local board business meeting ...

The Walmsley Road Bridge in Māngere will fully close from June 2025 to February 2026 as part of Auckland Council’s flood resilience programme. At this month’s local board business meeting, ...

Failures in Auckland Council’s response to flooding and Cyclone Gabrielle in early 2023 have prompted investment in software to improve the organisation’s crisis awareness. Two independent reviews ...

Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand and beneath it lies an equally sprawling network of lava caves. The manhole cover in the middle of a grassy paddock is the only giveaway. In a field in ...

More than two years of technical investigation and review has produced new and valuable information about where water might pond around Hamilton in heavy rain and extreme events. The new update adds ...

More than 1400 new house consents have been granted in flood plains in Auckland since devastating flooding damaged thousands of homes a year ago. The latest numbers were published just days before the ...