RNZ
Total losses from natural catastrophes were lower than the 10-year average at $388b in 2025, and down from $637b in 2024.
RNZ
New data shows New Zealanders are spending far more time under States of Emergency than a decade ago, driven by increasingly frequent storms and fires. Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz says regions must be better prepared, drawing on her town's experience after Cyclone Gabrielle.. Gisborne Mayor Stoltz spoke to Lauren Crimp.
RNZ
"Those events are happening more and more and communities are paying for it emotionally, but mostly financially," Rehette Stoltz says.
RNZ
The report also found that over the coming decades, further climate change would "stack the odds in favour of" more dangerous fire weather.
RNZ
Record rainfall caused widespread damage across the district, the worst in 150 years, after it was hit by floods twice in as many weeks during June and July.
the Guardian
Extreme weather has killed nearly 1,000 people across southern and south-eastern Asia as cyclones turbocharged rain systems across the region
the Guardian
Extreme weather has killed nearly 1,000 people across southern and south-eastern Asia as cyclones turbocharged rain systems across the region
The Conversation
The inquiry is essential to establish accountability, and to ensure New Zealand’s child protection framework meets international standards of care and vigilance.
RNZ
Explainer - Weather forecasters say the last couple weeks haven't been normal, "even by spring's standards". But why?
AP News
Jonathan Reckford shares insights from his 20 years as CEO of Habitat for Humanity International. He reflects on how the Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina forced the nonprofit to expand rapidly.
The Conversation
It’s clear – climate change is supercharging the world’s wildfires in unpredictable and devastating ways.
Newsroom
The Government promised to lay out who will pay for climate change adaptation, but the national framework released Thursday leaves that question unanswered.
Newsroom
For many Pacific Island nations, climate change isn’t a distant threat or an abstract statistic.
ICF
Is your community prepared for natural disasters? Learn actionable steps you can take now that will speed recovery efforts and improve outcomes after disasters strike.
MSNBC.com
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans it's worth considering how common journalism techniques led to outrageous falsehoods about Black residents.
Grist
Two decades after Katrina, scientists can more easily quantify how global warming is intensifying hurricanes - and how it shaped past storms.
Opinion: A phase out of government liability for extreme weather events would be problematic and make the consequences of climate change an individual responsibility, writes Basil Sharp.
Earth Sciences New Zealand | GNS Science | Te Pῡ Ao
We take a look at the impacts one of the largest earthquake events recorded, on modern seismic equipment, had on Aotearoa New Zealand.
Tonkin + Taylor
Read how infrastructure like Te Ara Tupua becomes a legacy when designed with interconnectedness, anticipating future challenges.
The Conversation
The earthquake in Kamchatka is the largest worldwide since 2011. Its location has been very seismically active in recent months.
Tonkin + Taylor
Join us at Building Nations 2025 as we work together to shape the infrastructure Aotearoa needs for generations to come.
One of the winning team members in this year’s ArchEngBuild competition shares details of the nationwide cross-disciplinary learning experience.
The Conversation
If the government sets a cut-off date for bailing out residents after climate-related disasters such as the Tasman floods, the most vulnerable may suffer the worst.
the Guardian
It faces hurricanes, heat, drought, rising seas and - as last week showed - deadly floods. But despite the clear need for preventive action, that is not the political mood
CNN
The floods show that a shift in mindset is needed for disaster preparedness and our warming world, writes Bill Weir, CNNâs Chief Climate Correspondent.
RNZ
You may not be able to stop water coming onto your property during a storm - but there are some things you can do.
The US Geological Survey believed yesterday's would potentially tie with the sixth largest earthquake recorded, which happened in Chile in 2010, but said it needs more data to verify that.
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