Flooding and power outages have been reported in Taupō this evening as heavy thunderstorms strike MetService earlier issued a ...

New Zealand plans to introduce legislation before the end of the year that will create a framework to help communities and ...

Forecasters are warning of potential for severe thunderstorms across the central North Island later today – bringing a risk of slips and flash flooding. MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Monsoon rains unleashed flooding in Australia’s Queensland that have claimed the lives of two ...

Getty Images Aerial views show the extend of the flood waters, as a rescue boat searches for people stranded in their homes in Awatoto, near Napier. New Zealand fast bowler Blair Tickner re-joins ...

At least three people have been killed as severe flooding hit New Zealand's largest city, Auckland. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins described the situation as "unprecedented". The city is said to ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The New Zealand city of Dunedin was cut off by road due to flooding Friday after recording its wettest day in more than a century. Local authorities in the South ...

A regional council believes it will cost this amount to litigate claims brought against it over the flood eight years ago.

Flood flows on South Island's Buller River this month were the largest in New Zealand in almost 100 years, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced on Thursday.

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