Floods

Anusha Bradley reports from Napier, which has seen record rain and flooding. Audio

The clean up is underway after torrential rain and flooding yesterday, with Napier struck by a one in 250-year weather bomb. It was Napier's second-wettest day on record since 1870, with 237 mm of… Audio

Dozens of people are being evacuated and thousands are without power as ongoing heavy rain causes of slips and flooding in Napier.  Audio

The new Australian $1 coin is stamped with a message that reads: 'Donation Dollar: Give to help others.' The coin, the first of its kind in the world, has been minted in the hope that it will raise… Audio

Dougal Rillstone's new book, Upstream in the Mataura details his 70-year fascination for the Mataura River - a river that almost claimed his life in the 1970s - from his childhood in Gore through… Audio, Gallery

The government today pledged over $26 million dollars for flood resilience and critical roading in the Far North. Audio

Following the weekend flooding in Northland, Professor James Renwick, says we should brace ourselves for more of these extreme events. He explains why to Jesse.  Audio

RNZ reporter Tim Brown talks to Kathryn from the outskirts of Mataura, where emergency services have now evacuated, leaving no one behind. Audio

Residents in the Southland towm of Wyndham are the lastest to be told to evacuate thier homes as river water threatens to breach banks. They've been told to go east, not west. Three days of heavy rain… Audio

Residents in the Southland towm of Wyndham are being told to evacuate their homes amid rising river levels. Residents in Mataura are bracing themselves as the Mataura River approaches its highest… Audio

UK correspondent Matthew Parris reports on the decision by Nigel Farage not to stand Brexit Party candidates in more than 300 seats won by the Tories in 2017. He also looks at the floods that have hit… Audio

West Coasters have been told to light the fire and stay home as storm conditions and king tides start to pound the coast … with the worst yet to come. Mayor Bruce Smith spoke to Alex Perrottet. Video, Audio

A burst water-main caused flooding on streets in Queenstown today, trapping people in their houses. Checkpoint spoke to Philip Smyth while he was stuck inside a house that he was renovating on Glasgow… Video, Audio

Some Queenstown residents were stuck in their houses after a council contractor hit a water-main, sending water gushing through streets, cutting them off from the resort town. Video, Audio

Around three hundred people on Papua New Guinea's Duke of York group are without homes after their houses were destroyed in last week's magnitude 7.5 earthquake. The quake has affected thousands in… Audio

Indonesia's Provincial Red Cross in Papua is working with local disaster authorities and other agencies to supply shelter, clean water and sanitation to over 11,000 people displaced by the Sentani… Audio

The Indonesian Red Cross says people in the flood affected area of Papua Province are frightened as they evacuate from their villages destroyed by landslides and huge volumes of water following days… Audio

Local authorities in Indonesia's Papua Province have confirmed that the death toll from the weekend's flooding near Jaypura has risen to 68. Audio