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

Mandatory evacuation are underway as the Wairai river threatens a stopbank near the township of Spring Creek just out of the ...

The finalists for the 2025 Civil Contractors New Zealand Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards have been announced, with ...

Regional Council Chair Hinewai Ormsby says the Council is committed to supporting growth, but not at the expense of people’s ...

Severe thunderstorms rolled through Central Nebraska on Monday night and Tuesday morning, leaving some damage behind in Hastings and Grand Island.

Oyster farms on the Hastings and Manning rivers further north had also lost stock and had infrastructure damaged this week. ... “The 2022 year of stock, and then 2023, hadn’t seen a flood, ...

Hastings District Council failed to maintain flood protection infrastructure in Havelock North despite multiple recommendations over more than a decade, according to a report by chief ombudsman ...

A plan for future housing in Hawke's Bay has sparked controversy over its proposal to use productive food growing land and low lying flood risk areas. The Heretaunga Plains spread over 300 square ...

Hastings, a rural area west of I-95 not far from the St. Johns River, was dealing with extreme flooding in some areas with water going chest-deep.

A woman from Hastings says she has been left traumatised and angry after her home flooded twice with sewage in 2023, less than a year after she bought the property. Kellie Sutherland's home was ...

Fidelity Life is extending support to its clients in Hawke’s Bay who have been affected by the recent flooding in Wairoa and the Heretaunga Ward of Hastings. Effective immediately, Fidelity Life ...

At around 3.40am, the Hastings controller made a perilous drive to the mayor’s house, navigating fallen trees and submerged streets, because the declaration had to be physically signed on paper. ...