After last week’s damaging cyclone, New Zealand needs to rebuild with more resilient infrastructure to cope with more frequent and intense weather events, the prime minister said Tuesday. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has described Cyclone Gabrielle, which caused widespread damage on New
King Charles is greeted by huge crowd in Milton Keynes This week saw the Royal Family out and about carrying out a number of important engagements, although with some unavoidable changes to their schedule. On Monday Queen Consort Camilla tested positive for
The death toll from New Zealand’s cyclone reached eight on Friday with more than 4,500 people still unaccounted for four days after the nation’s most destructive weather event in decades brought widespread flooding, landslides and power outages, the prime minister said. Cyclone
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near the New Zealand capital Wellington on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, as the nation grapples with widespread landslides and flooding across a sodden landscape after a cyclone. New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Center tweeted that
New Zealand has been hit by a “massive” 6.1 magnitude earthquake just one day after declaring a national state of emergency in response to Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle. The huge earthquake was centred around the country’s capital Wellington at 7:38pm NZDT. As New
Princess Anne has been forced to alter her plans for her trip to New Zealand at the last minute after Cyclone Gabrielle battered the country in what has been called their biggest weather event for 100 years. The princess left London on
King Charles penned a message to all those in New Zealand affected by the recent flooding. He wrote: “It is with the deepest concern that I have been following news of the flooding and severe weather affecting several regions in Aotearoa New
New Zealand’s Northland region lifted a state of emergency declaration Wednesday after an overnight storm didn’t turn out as bad as feared. A heavy rain warning for Auckland was also lifted, although a state of emergency remained in place for the nation’s
Auckland prepared for another round of flooding as rain battered northern New Zealand’s Northland region, which declared an emergency Tuesday afternoon in anticipation of the deluge. A state of emergency was already in place for Auckland, which saw deadly record rainfall Friday.
A New Zealand passenger ferry issued a mayday call after losing power while on its way to Wellington. The ship had about 800 passengers on board, along with 80 crew. The Kaitaki Interislander ferry had left Picton at 2.15pm and got into