Whangārei District Mayor Ken Couper and Whangārei district civil defence emergency operations centre controller Victoria Harwood. Photo: Susan Botting / Local Democracy Reporting Whangārei Mayor Ken Couper would like to see the district’s state...

Follow the latest in RNZ’s live blog above Work has resumed to recover six missing people after the landslide at Mount Maunganui. The victims have been named as Lisa Anne Maclennan, 50, Måns Loke...

Follow the latest in RNZ’s live blog above. It’s unclear whether the recovery of the six people who have been missing since Thursday’s landslide on Mount Maunganui will resume today. Work at the site...

Follow the latest in RNZ’s live blog It’s unclear whether the recovery of the six people who have been missing since Thursday’s landslide on Mount Maunganui will resume today. Work at the site paused...

Work to reinstate the washed-out bridge at Ngaiotonga started on Friday, once diggers could reach the area. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Temporary repairs to a washed-out bridge on Northland’s east coast have...

Paora Glassie, Civil Defence lead for Ōtetao Reti Marae at Punaruku on Northland’s storm-ravaged east coast. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Lessons learnt during Cyclone Gabrielle three years ago have proved invaluable for...

Special Broadcast: severe weather update for 22 January 2026 Source link...

A drone image captures the massive slip at Helena Bay Hill in Northland, cutting off Ōakura Bay. Photo: Supplied / Ngātiwai Trust Board Whangārei Mayor Ken Couper says it could take weeks to fix...

Ōakura Bay Reserves Board member Malcolm Devereux, left, and chairman Glenn Ferguson start the cleanup of the devastated Ōakura Hall. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Residents of Northland’s Ōakura Bay say they could...

An RNZ special on the unfolding weather event in the North Island, presented by Ingrid Hipkiss. Red heavy rain warnings are in place for Northland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, and Gisborne from Tologa Bay...