The plan includes NZ$12bn of funding and prioritises investments that are deemed critical over the next four years.

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.

Forecasters are warning a large weather system is likely to bring the “atmospheric river” to New Zealand this week, with rain expected in the South Island from late Wednesday or early Thursday ...