Weather

People are being urged to stay home and dozens of flights and trains have been cancelled as heavy rain continues in New South Wales.

A major rain event is unfolding across eastern Australia, triggering numerous warnings for heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds.

Sydney is on flood watch alongside at least 30 rivers across NSW and Queensland, as torrential rain is expected to pummel eastern Australia over the next 48 hours.

More than 25 locations experienced record-breaking or near-record low mean temperatures last month.

Clouds and showers expected around the country for the rest of the week.

Christchurch woke to its second coldest March day on record at -1C, and it is about to get chilly across the country.

A group of Hawke's Bay hapū are calling for the knowledge of Māori communities to be at the forefront of emergency management plans.

The cold snap has brought the first snow of the year to Otago's Cardrona ski field. Audio

Buyout rules for uninhabitable properties are stacked against owners, Shane Fell says, but the Gisborne council is defending its process.

The South Island looks like the place to be this Easter weekend, but there's a chill coming first.

An independent review found Civil Defence was not prepared for Cyclone Gabrielle, and the "worst case scenario" was not planned for.

The national emergency management system "sets up good people to fail", a review has found.

A long-awaited report scrutinising Hawke's Bay Civil Defence's response to Cyclone Gabrielle will be made public today.

Farmers are a resilient bunch, but the conditions they're facing are out of the ordinary, the Agriculture Minister says.