Flooding
Opunake swamped by incessant rain
6 Aug 2015
The Taranaki town of Opunake is starting to clean up after incessant overnight rain left some thirty houses flooded, with at least three people having to be evacuated. Audio
Clean-up bills 'not covered by insurance'
22 Jul 2015
Some Manawatu farmers are facing huge flood clean-up bills and in many cases insurance will not be able to help, a spokesperson says.
Calls for the government to take forestry seriously
20 Jul 2015
Is the government taking the forestry industry seriously enough? The Forestry Institute says keeping agriculture out of the Emissions Trading Scheme has resulted in unintended subsidies to farming -… Audio
Auckland faces clean-up after flooding
16 Jul 2015
A sudden torrential downpour flooded about 70 homes in west and south Auckland in just three hours last night. Audio
