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Kiwis shaken in 8.2 quake
Climate change: Call for Government action
Labour and the Greens are urging the Government to take a more hands-on role in response to a major report which showed…
Rising seas: NZ not ready
NZ is unprepared for sea level rises that could turn 1-in-100 year flooding events into annual occurrences, a blockbuster…
Search dogs take break from recovery
Families coping with the loss of friends, neighbours and normalcy sought comfort in church services Sunday, as crews worked…
CTV inquest: Fire chiefs accused
Firefighters, police officers, Urban Search and Rescue experts, and courageous passersby risked life and limb to drag several…
Climate change: Growing strife
In an authoritative report due out Monday a United Nations climate panel for the first time is connecting hotter global…
Hopes of mudslide survival fade
A mountainside community in Washington state is waiting in anguish as authorities working to identify remains in a huge…
Mudslide: Families pursued to their deaths
Highway 530 once led drivers on a winding route along tree-lined valleys between the Pacific Ocean and the snow-capped Cascade…
Weather
Surface flooding in Auckland CBD
A downpour in Auckland this afternoon has caused some surface flooding in the city centre. Traffic…
Unfurl the brolly: Rainy days are here
It could be time to unfurl the brolly and dig out the raincoat from the back of the wardrobe as rain looks set to hit much…
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Weather slows right down
The weather across New Zealand is sluggish at best as high pressure swamps both islands and helps stall lows to the north…
Look on bright side of climate change
UN scientist says that by staying positive about the future, the most intelligent students will be attracted to finding…
Academics: Human survival on the line
Leading Australian academics have warned that humans could face extinction from massive global health…
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More dry weather for NZ
A stream of high pressure systems continue to block the rain makers – despite the rain maps this coming weekend showing…
Summer lingers for Northland
Daylight saving ends next weekend and the last week of long summertime hours is looking to be mostly fine with cloudy periods…
Drought-stricken areas likely to get drier, climate scientist tells farmers
Farmers living in areas that are increasingly becoming drought hot spots will have to prepare for drier times ahead, a climate…
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RainWatch: (MAR28) Dry weather continues
A few showers this weekend will likely brush Southland and parts of the West Coast – but for most other regions expect mostly…
Alarming verdict on year of wild weather
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The world's leading meteorological authority suggests that many of last year's weather extremes are…
Earthquakes
Chile 8.2 quake: Five killed
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The death toll from a powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake that struck off Chile's northern coast today…
Christchurch earthquake
Derelict buildings are scary. I know this from experience…
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