Emergency alerts gave "preliminary lead times of more than three hours before flash flooding conditions occurred," the agency ...

Marlborough Mayor Nadine Taylor has given notice that Marlborough will begin a local transition period due to the ...

The purpose of this study is to explore an accident rescue system based on Internet platform, in order to improve the efficiency and accuracy of accident rescue and provide new ideas for people to use ...

The head of the Telecommunications Forum wants the government to look at prioritising upgrades to the 111 emergency ...

CPB Contractors, part of the CIMIC Group, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for constructing the new Dunedin Hospital ...

Chorus technicians found a fault on a fibre line running over Takaka Hill caused by a slip, that resulted in an estimated 1150 households in Golden Bay losing internet and mobile coverage for most of ...

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.

As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...

The telecommunications sector works closely alongside other critical infrastructure providers to restore service and make the ...

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

Rather than get rid of regional councils, maybe the government should look at expanding their role to deliver core services – ...

The timeliness and effectiveness of warnings and the emergency response to the Auckland Anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle will come under scrutiny.