Hail, thunder, gales to pummel parts of NZ
Flooding is possible at the bottom of the North Island as a fierce weather system stalls.
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After spending $700k-plus on pins for Covid-19 workers, department now cutting costs
Some 80,000 frontline pandemic workers were given the pins.
'Morale high': NZDF in 'good position' to carry out Gallipoli Anzac Day dawn service
Luggage, containing instruments and uniforms, were lost during the Dubai floods last week.
Dubai struggles to recover from 'historic weather event' that caused mass floods
Heavy rain has devastated Dubai causing massive floods and damage.
Here’s why experts don’t think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai’s downpour
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood.
'Very pleased': West Coast flood protection weathers the storm
Flood defences across southern Westland stood the test of last week's bad weather.
Weather events cost golf club $400,000
Golf club counts the cost of 2023 — a year of floods.
Four sites shortlisted for Hawke’s Bay’s new $15m hospice
Plans for a much-needed new hospice are getting back on track.
'Be prepared to evacuate': West Coast residents on flood alert, severe thunderstorm watch for north
Power cuts, landslides and road closures struck the West Coast yesterday.
Auckland set for wet end to week as West Coast prepares for 57-hr deluge
West Coast officials say they are apprehensive but prepared for the incoming rain.
'Atmospheric river' may bring more than a month's rain in three days
MetService issues a raft of new weather watches and warnings ahead of a big rain-maker.
One dead as NSW residents mop up after record-breaking downpours
One person found dead as residents across eastern NSW clear up after damaging storms.
'Evacuate now': Sydney suburbs face flooding as storms move down coast
The NSW State Emergency Service received more than 4000 calls in the last 24 hours.
'Remain vigilant': Heavy rain threatens Sydney dam
The rain band currently hitting NSW may cause serious floods.
'Finally': Owners of homes hit by landslide from reserve may get buyout offer
'If [the council’s] reserve hadn’t fallen down on our house, we’d be happy as Larry.'
Cyclone red zones might be ‘finalised’ - but in one community, they're a long way from settled
The situation Pākōwhai is in is complex, but two men say there's a simple red-zone fix.
Storms and cyclones leave environmental legacy in coastal Coromandel
Cadets have been employed to clean up the Coromandel Peninsula's eastern coastline.
More than $1 billion in assets at risk from Thames flooding
Thames shoreline protection comes with 'big costs'
NZ Herald investigation: Why insurance may not save your home
With severe weather events on the increase, homeowners may not be covered by insurance.
'Frustrating': Hamilton City Council's online flood mapping tool crashes after new data released
The new data identified 650 properties could have an average one metre of flooding.
'I grabbed her': Woman remembers cow that swam her to safety during floods
Cow 569's story became a tale of survival from the lower North Island floods of 2004.
Two decades on: Pregnant woman plucked from Mangamahu roof shares her story
Seilena Phillips-Edwards' rescue touched hearts during the Whanganui floods.
Redclyffe switched on, but what's the future?
Transpower expects to reveal the future of the Redclyffe station within two months.
Solving a school's mould muddle: When the flooding subsided, it was just the beginning
Nūhaka School will be rebuilt after damage from the cyclone revealed hidden issues.
'Never seen anything like it': Wairoa maize farmer recalls storm's anniversary
'My Red Bands were not enough to walk around in, it was a struggle'.
'It is not easy': Cyclone Gabrielle survivors still searching for new homes a year on
'Every time it rained I put headphones on and listened to 'Here Comes the Sun'.'
'More vulnerable now': Flood risk worry for grower after Cyclone Gabrielle
'My father set up this business about 50 years ago and we’re starting from the bottom.'
Focus: Cyclone Gabrielle one year on
Communities across the country look back on the biggest storm to hit New Zealand this century. Video / Corey Fleming / Zoe McIntosh / Getty Images
First in the sky over 'a war zone': How an orchardist rescued 150 people with a chopper
Cam Taylor had no search and rescue expertise, but his community needed saving.
Cyclone rebuild of Hawke’s Bay will be a decade in the making
Projects are lined up in order of priority and will start as, and when, the funds arrive.
'We’re going to get trapped': The news photographers who drove head-first into a cyclone
Paul Taylor and Warren Buckland found themselves surrounded by furious floods and history.
PM announces $63m funding for Cyclone Gabrielle silt and debris removal
Urgent work to clean up cyclone-affected regions will continue, thanks to a $63m boost.
'A bit run down': Tourists at reopened winery blissfully unaware of cyclone
'It’s taken a lot of hard work by so many people to get where we are today.'
Auckland pensioner left homeless by floods trapped in 'bureaucratic stalemate'
A year ago, Sheryl Clarke was rescued from her flooded home. Now she just wants it fixed.
