Floods

New Zealand fish with Stella McQueen, self-confessed native fish geek, author and field worker... what fish get up to when a river floods. Audio

Laura Watson and her husband farm in a remote area off State Highway 4 north of Whanganui. Audio

In Whanganui city's flooded east Willy McGregor is one of the lucky few who's back home. But his house on Anzac Parade is surrounded by mud and water. Audio

Four hundred people are unable to return to their flood-hit homes in Whanganui this evening with council cordons up to keep homeowners away as floodwaters recede. Audio

The mayor of Whanganui district Annette Main is with us. Audio

Brent Manning is from the South Taranaki District Council. Audio

45 kilometres up the Whanganui River, the O'Hagan farming family at Operiki Station were split up by slips that they're expecting will keep them cut off for a month. Audio

Helicopters have been flying all day over flood-ravaged Whanganui and Taranaki, evacuating pregnant women and others with babies, and ferrying in food and generators to farms that may be cut off for a… Audio

The Transport Agency's regional performance manager, Mark Owen, is on the line. Audio

Shane Bayley is Civil Defence's national controller. Audio

At least 800 households are without power, dozens of roads remain closed and the East of Whanganui is cut off after the city's biggest ever flooding. Audio

Nikki Kaye is the Civil Defence Minister, she says the Government and local government officials will be looking at whether infrastructure is up to the task but those talks can wait. Audio

The Horizons Regional Council will meet this morning to decide how long to keep the state of emergency in place in Whanganui. Audio

Further north no vacancy signs in South Taranaki and confusion around evacuation centre opening times forced some flood victims to sleep in their cars. Audio

The Whanganui District Council's mayor, Annette Main, says she is most concerned about the hundreds of people who have been completely cut off in the east of the city. Audio

Whanganui is facing the fallout from the city's biggest ever flooding. Authorities will decide later this morning whether to keep the state of local emergency in place. Audio

Authorities in the Whanganui region will meet at ten o'clock this morning to decide how much longer to keep a state of local emergency remains in place. Audio

A state of local emergency remains in place in the Whanganui region after the district's worst recorded flood. An evacuation centre has been open all night for almost 320 evacuees who don't know when… Audio

As many as 100 water-logged homes along Wanganui's Anzac Parade could remain inaccessible until next week. The city was cut off for a time after wild weather closed access to the north and south on… Audio

The Westland District Council mayor Mike Havill, has just arrived in Hokitika. Audio