Civil Defence

All eyes will be on the skies in Hawke's Bay this morning after a deluge of rain flooded low-lying suburbs this week. Sixty people had to be evacuated from their homes in Napier and Hastings and stay… Audio

Emergency services, Council staff and Locals will continue the clean up operation in Napier today. Hundreds of properties are still without power, and the city's wastewater system remains overloaded… Audio

Napier is in a state of emergency on Tuesday after being swamped by extreme and sudden heavy rain.

An estimated 250 millimetres fell in Napier city after midday on Monday - NIWA says it was the… Audio

A local state of emergency has been declared in Napier, after a record-breaking amount of rain dumped itself over the city in one day. The 237-millimetres of rainfall caused widespread surface… Audio

To Lebanon now and three months after the blast that rocked Beirut and killed more than 200 people, the cleaning up is still ongoing.

At least 6,500 people were injured, there was $15 billion of… Video, Audio

Christchurch leaders are worried the government is walking away from its responsibilities in the city.

The Greater Christchurch Regeneration portfolio was left out Monday's Cabinet announcement, with… Audio

The New Zealand Defence Force has been fined nearly $300,000 over the death of a navy diver during a training exercise in March last year.

Zachary Christopher Yarwood was found unresponsive on the… Audio

Part of a grandmother's crockpot is among the little left of a Lake Ōhau home lost in one of the most destructive fires the country has ever seen.

Fire and Emergency's contained the fire at Lake… Audio

A Lake Ōhau couple figured their beloved pets were dead after they had to leave them behind and flee the fire - so were shocked to find the animals alive after returning to the village. Video, Audio

Fire and Emergency says things are looking up as it continues to battle the fire at Lake Ōhau, which now has a perimeter of 43 kilometres.

Strong winds that were hampering efforts to contain the… Audio

The 150 firefighters involved in battling the SkyCity blaze last year acquitted themselves well in handling the mammoth task.

That's from an external review into the fire, which concluded that… Audio

A Lake Ōhau resident who helped to sound the alarm during Sunday's fire says people need to prepare for the unthinkable because it saves lives.

About 40 homes were destroyed or badly damaged when… Audio

Strong winds that were hampering efforts to contain the Lake Ōhau fire have subsided, and Fire and Emergency says things are looking better with currently just light winds in the area. 

The fire has… Audio

It's nearly a year since Auckland's convention centre became the scene of a herculean operation involving 150 firefighters.

An intense fire burned for three days, bringing the city centre shuddering… Video, Audio

The people that first raised the alarm - and the firefighters that raced to their rescue - have opened up about how the Lake Ōhau fire took hold.

About 40 houses in the small community were destroyed… Video, Audio

The Department of Conservation has been accused of mismanging and neglecting land at Lake Ohau, where fires have been raging.

At least 50 structures have been deemed uninhabitable.

Farmers who live… Video, Audio

Lake Ōhau residents have been allowed in to see what's left of their village, after fires ripped through over the weekend.

A bus convoy left shortly after midday from the make-shift welfare centre in… Video, Audio

The Minister of Civil Defence Peeni Henare landed in the fire-devastated Mackenzie District on Sunday evening.

He's been talking to the District Mayors and the Fire Service about the damage to the… Audio

The Waitaki District Mayor Gary Kircher joins Indira to update us on the latest information on the fire at Lake Ohau Village. Audio