Tag: Auckland floods

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist Long-time residents in a street in Māngere, Auckland, say they never imagined that one day they would have to...

RNZ News The historic shot tower in Aotearoa New Zealand's Auckland suburb of Mt Eden which caused concern that it could fall during the worst...

RNZ News A NZ Defence Force operation was beginning tonight to supply Wairoa in New Zealand's North Island with food and water after being cut...

RNZ News At least 2500 people have been displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle this week, says Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty. About 1000 of those are in...

RNZ News A national state of emergency has been declared today after Cyclone Gabrielle unleashed fury across the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. There has...

RNZ news A state of emergency has been declared in Northland, Auckland, Thames-Coromandel and this morning Ōpōtiki and Tairāwhiti as Cyclone Gabrielle starts to wreak...

RNZ News Cyclone Gabrielle was battering parts of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand with strong winds and heavy rain last night. Most of the...

RNZ News Northland has declared a state of emergency and the Auckland Harbour Bridge has been closed as steady rain and strong winds from Cyclone...

RNZ News Cyclone Gabrielle is already bringing steady rain and strong winds to northern parts of Aotearoa New Zealand after sparing Norfolk Island and MetService...

RNZ news Coromandel Peninsula and Gisborne north of Tolaga Bay are now under red heavy rain warnings in Aotearoa New Zealand linked to Cyclone Gabrielle. MetService...

By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ Te Ao Māori news A fortnight after the floods in Tāmaki Makaurau and as Aotearoa New Zealand braces for Cyclone Gabriel...

By Red Tsounga Another house done, and onto the next . . . Volunteers working in Mount Albert community over the past few days helping...

RNZ News Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick is brushing off concerns a temporary rent freeze in flood-hit Auckland would just see landlords hike rents even...

By Nick Young of Greenpeace My family and I are lucky to have come through it unscathed, but my neighbourhood in Titirangi has been ravaged. Many...

By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter While Auckland residents enjoy a brief reprieve from the rain, the rubbish continues to pile up as the full...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Many Pasifika families affected by the flash floods and torrential rainfall that have lashed New Zealand's North Island over...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is unlikely that the Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, took any lessons from the city’s devastating floods but the rest...

RNZ News Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is under fire for calling New Zealand journalists "drongos", blaming them for having to cancel a round of tennis...

Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace claimed today claimed New Zealand's extreme rain and flooding crisis in the North Island at the weekend as a "climate disaster". "As...

By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent The Moungavalu family in Aotearoa New Zealand are grateful to be alive. Their Māngere home in Auckland, along with others...

By Red Tsounga First came the devastating flash floods in Auckland on Friday night. Then came the huge effort to help families evacuate to community...

RNZ News The belt of torrential rain which has brought flooding and slips across northern New Zealand is currently mainly centred over the Waikato and...