Civil Defence is knocking on doors in the Taupō area preparing people to evacuate as flooding from heavy rain overnight has ...

Mauger said no homes were yellow or red-stickered in Christchurch or Banks Peninsula, but four homes were evacuated in Akaroa as a precaution, due to a large slip on Lighthouse Road. Homes and ...

A local state of emergency remains in place for the peninsula and Christchurch, but it was lifted in the Selwyn district on Friday afternoon. About 50 properties across the district have been affected ...

TREES collapsed into a river after an embankment gave way ‘overnight’. A large section of the bank gave way near Iford Playing Fields, following strong winds. Nicky Adams, who noticed the damage while ...

CHRISTCHURCH “has become the toilet bowl” of Bournemouth, a leading environmental campaigner has said. New Forest-based river campaigner and founder of River Action, Charles Watson ...

Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger has marked the council 10-out-of-10 for its handling of last week's storm, although he concedes Little River residents will not be offering glowing reviews.