Louise Ternouth

School students have lamented getting detentions because their buses are so late - or do not show up at all.

Residents of East Coast Bays in Auckland say a severe shortage of buses is leaving people… Video, Audio

With many people still reeling from the devastation in Hawke's Bay, a group of Auckland volunteers are rallying together to get hundreds of home cooked meals hand delivered.

Reporter Louise Ternouth… Video, Audio

Demand for cars is sky rocketing with cyclone Gabrielle and Auckland's flooding ruining thousands of vehicles.

But the industry says that's on top of an existing shortage after manufacturers cut… Video, Audio

Extremely heavy traffic is blocking roads in Auckland, with huge delays all across the city.

Auckland Transport says some people are having to wait up to an hour for a bus.

Our reporter Louise… Video, Audio

'Unjustifiable disruption' is how Auckland's mayor has labelled road cones dotted through the city.

Wayne Brown is calling on several big organisations to work out how traffic management can be… Video, Audio

If you are finding it harder to balance your budget, it will be no surprise to learn that last month food prices had their biggest jump in 30 years, according to Stats NZ. Video, Audio

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has been in the Coromandel region today, to see the destruction of a wet summer with two cyclones hitting the area.

He's promised support to businesses desperately… Video, Audio

After the country's devasting floods, sponge cities are being floated as a solution to future downpours.

The term 'sponge city' is all about uncovering natural streams and using native plants to… Video, Audio

It is not to early to talk about retreating instead of rebuilding after Cyclone Gabrielle, according an environmental engineer who helped move an entire Australian town to higher ground after… Video, Audio

Kerikeri businesses are desperate for State Highway 1 to Northland to fully open up - with lengthy detours keeping visitors away.

It's been three weeks since the main highway through the Brynderwyn… Video, Audio

It will be at least a month until SH1 to Northland fully reopens. Waka Kotahi says its crews are working hard to get the road through the Brynderwyns reopened as quickly as possible.

But it says the… Video, Audio

Some civil defence centres in Auckland are closing their doors, despite hundreds of people still without housing.

So far, MBIE has housed around 500 households, and another 500 are on its temporary… Video, Audio

West Auckland residents say slips and flooding could've been prevented if Auckland Transport listened to their concerns sooner.

There's been significant flooding and destruction to roads in West… Video, Audio

On the hard-hit west coast beaches in Auckland communities are still dealing with the threat of land slips and the realities of red stickered homes.

In Piha, some people are still calling the surf… Video, Audio

To Auckland now and some residents in the Titirangi area are still dealing with no power or water, roads closed and limited cell phone coverage.

But it's two major slips that have trapped residents… Video, Audio

In Āwhitu on Auckland's Manukau Heads it's a story that's becoming sadly familiar.

Many people are still without power, and major slips have closed roads, isolating residents.

Checkpoint reporter… Video, Audio

Residents and businesses in Kumeū, west Auckland, have been flooded for a third time in 14 months.

While some businesses were more prepared this time, they're once again having to pick up the pieces… Video, Audio

The government has committed another three million in aid to Turkey and Syria.

Meanwhile expats are doing what they can to help the humanitarian response.

Turkish and Syrian businesses throughout… Audio

As if the rental market wasn't already tight enough - there are now hundreds of renters left in flood damaged homes, desperately searching for a new rental.

So far 277 homes have been red stickered… Audio