Tag: Cyclones
Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns...
RNZ News
New Zealanders should be prepared for the number of fatalities in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle to increase, says Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
He...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer seething over forestry slash floods
By Sally Murphy, RNZ News reporter
Widespread damage has hit farms across Aotearoa New Zealand's North Island with those in parts of Gisborne and Hawke's...
Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll rises, ‘grave concerns’ for several missing
RNZ News
As a huge effort ramps up in Aotearoa New Zealand to restore essential services to thousands of people in Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay,...
Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
The brave little shrubs are doing their valiant best to stay intact as a plant pot skids across our balcony in...
NZ Defence Force starts supplying stricken Wairoa with food, water
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...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after...
RNZ News
The extent of devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is still unfolding with vast areas of the North Island flooded,...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Severity of damage ‘not seen in a generation’, says...
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...
NZ declares national emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes fury across...
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...
Cyclone Gabrielle: The science behind its massive power
RNZ News
It has been a soggy few weeks for Aotearoa New Zealand's upper North Island, with late January's Auckland downpour and now, Cyclone Gabrielle.
States...
Thousands without power, evacuations begin as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ
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...
Northland declares state of emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ
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...
Red weather warnings as Cyclone Gabrielle makes NZ landfall
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...
Cyclone Gabrielle closes in on Aotearoa: Warnings and forecasts
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...
COP27: Platform will boost Pacific presence at UN climate conference
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
A platform has been dedicated to bolster the Pacific leadership at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of...
Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's weather office predicts that up to seven tropical cyclones may affect several Pacific countries in the coming cyclone season -- and up...
Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston
ANALYSIS: By Suzanne Wilkinson, Mohamed Elkharboutly and Regan Potangaroa, Massey University
While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami...
Boosting Pacific digital media skills amid a cyclone – all part...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Betz in Ninole, Hawai'i
As Cyclone Cody got set to pummel Fiji in early January, students at the University of the...
Tongan volcanic eruption reveals the vulnerabilities in global telecommunications
ANALYSIS: By Dale Dominey-Howes, University of Sydney
In the wake of a violent volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the...
Tonga volcano eruption and tsunami – 120 evacuated in NZ’s Far...
An Al Jazeera report on the undersea volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai eruption and tsunami yesterday afternoon. Video: Al Jazeera English
RNZ News
Large waves in the Far North...
It’s time to deliver on Pacific climate financing, says Cook Is...
COMMENTARY: By the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
After years of empty promises by major emitters, it's time to deliver on climate financing.
The world...
Macron launches cyclone shelter project in French Polynesia
RNZ Pacific
France and French Polynesia have agreed to jointly spend US$60 million to build 17 cyclone shelters across the Tuamotu archipelago.
This was announced on...
Intensity of Cyclone Ana hammering of Fiji catches many by surprise
By RNZ Pacific
The intensity of Cyclone Ana surprised many in Fiji which was hammered with 140km/hr gusts and heavy rain over the weekend.
The storm...