Tropical Cyclone Tam is nearing New Zealand's upper North Island, bringing powerful winds and heavy rainfall. Authorities ...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is not saying if he will take up an offer to visit flood-impacted residents in West Auckland.

There is a 10% chance of Auckland suffering a volcanic eruption in the next 50 years and it could cost as much as $65 billion in building damage alone. The disaster scenario is one of several listed ...

The climate report found global natural disasters in 2024 resulted in economic losses reaching at least US$368 billion (NZ$648 billion) and were primarily driven by floods, storms and tropical ...

New Zealand relies on data from insurance and an international source to assess damages from extreme weather. But these datasets are fragmented, incomplete and unreliable.

Leeves, a senior geotechnical and natural disasters engineer at Tonkin + Taylor, based in Auckland, New Zealand, recalls the devastation he witnessed when visiting a number of villages destroyed ...

Seventy years ago today, New Zealand experienced its worst rail disaster when 151 people lost ... tiny but growing nation when the Wellington to Auckland express, hauled by locomotive Ka 949 ...