If left unaddressed, many environmental changes in Aotearoa New Zealand could threaten livelihoods, health, quality of life ...

An estimated equivalent of 26,000 truckloads of sand has been lost in six years, according to a new aerial drone survey.

New Zealand's government has announced a national state of emergency, after Cyclone Gabrielle lashed the country casing widespread damage. Aerial footage reveals the extent of flooding in Hawke's ...

The northern areas of New Zealand’s North Island were battered by high winds and heavy rain on Thursday. The stormy weather caused power outages, uprooted trees and caused minor flooding. Copyright ...

Coastal erosion ... of Dunedin, New Zealand, Cox and team demonstrate a method for predicting how sea level rise might change groundwater levels and thereby increase inland flooding hazards.

New Zealand could make better use of natural processes to reduce the risk of flooding, according to research by the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Initiatives that use ...

Flood flows on South Island's Buller River this month were the largest in New Zealand in almost 100 years, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced on Thursday.

New research has determined that 81% of O'ahu's coastline could experience erosion by 2100 ... with other hazard predictions, such as flooding and groundwater inundation, to analyze overlapping ...

Planned retreats may reduce exposure to harm, but the social and cultural burdens of dislocation from land and home are ...

Most of New Zealand ... such as erosion and shifting river paths to new manmade developments. “It’s an essential tool for councils to better manage natural hazards by modelling flood zones ...