The north of New Zealand's South Island was bracing for more heavy rains on Thursday, with a few homes evacuated and local authorities warning of landslides and surface flooding. New Zealand's Nelson ...

Strengthening Disaster Resilience and Emergency Management sets out the Government’s overarching vision to strengthen New Zealand’s emergency management system over the next five years.

A number of reports have revealed major failings in New Zealand's emergency management systems, which put hundreds of people's lives at risk during the North Island weather-events early in 2023.

People are advised to avoid all non-essential travel today as rain hits the Marlborough region. Marlborough Emergency ...

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WELLINGTON — New Zealand declared a national state of emergency for only the third time in its history on Tuesday as Cyclone Gabrielle caused widespread flooding, landslides and huge ocean swells, ...

New Zealand declared a national state of emergency for only the third time in its history on Tuesday as Cyclone Gabrielle caused widespread flooding, landslides and huge ocean swells, forcing ...

The top of both islands are once more in the firing line of an atmospheric river, with South Island emergency officials ...

Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell says he will publish a “public-facing roadmap” early in 2025 as he seeks to that has been criticised in several reports after natural disasters.

Local states of emergency are still in place for Nelson Tasman and Marlborough with extensive damage to farmland and infrastructure in the Motueka Valley. One person died south-east of Wakefield while ...

The Government has agreed in principle to an investment and implementation roadmap to strengthen New Zealand's emergency management system so it can ...

New Zealand’s two previous states of emergency were declared in 2020, near the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and in 2011 after an earthquake struck Christchurch, its second-largest city ...