Flooding

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 February 202315 February 2023

Devastation wreaked by Cyclone Gabrielle has prompted the government to declare a national state of emergency. It’s only the third […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 February 202314 February 2023

Communications in the Tairāwhiti region are fully out this morning, cutting off the area from the rest of Aotearoa and affecting local […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 February 2023

Warm oceans, warm air, La Niña conditions, and a changing climate have made for a summer of perfect storms – with […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 February 202323 February 2023

Cyclone Gabrielle is looking “more and more likely” to hit our northern shores as early as Sunday. This comes roughly […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 January 202331 January 2023

Auckland is currently challenging the record for its wettest month ever. More than 769% of its rainfall in a normal January has […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 January 202301 February 2023

Forty homes have been red-stickered, and around 5,000 more have been damaged after a record-smashing deluge across the upper North Island. Health […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 July 2021

Last weekend’s wild weather provoked severe flooding in the Buller and Marlborough regions – the third major flood event in New Zealand […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 02 June 2021

Heavy flooding in Canterbury has caused the Ashburton Bridge to slump. Officials say the bridge is likely to be closed for at […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 June 202101 June 2021

As the rains ease and river levels drop, residents are still cut off by damage to roads and bridges, and […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 June 2021

The Canterbury region is being hit hard by heavy rain and rising floodwaters. Canterbury Civil Defence has warned of further […]