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The Minister for the Environment has begun public engagement to seek feedback on the proposed Order in Council.
An unusual disturbance high above Antarctica is causing polar air to encroach on different parts of the Southern Hemisphere, including New Zealand.
Carbon emissions are being given increasing attention as we start to see the dramatic impact of severe weather events exacerbated by climate change. In the July 2024 Chart of the Month, we highlight how emissions have fallen at an industry level – though to reach the Government’s net zero 2050 target, more work is required to further reduce emissions.
RNZ
Despite years of attempts to set one up, New Zealand is still no closer to a disaster coordination system.
NZ Herald
The last major Cyclone Gabrielle flood review concludes Māori communities were “disproportionately affected” by the disaster in Hawke’s Bay. Residents of...
RNZ
A damning review has laid bare the regional council's failures before a deadly storm. Nearly 18 months on, "nothing has changed".
Hawke's Bay Regional Council
Regional Council Chair Hinewai Ormsby says working towards a greater resilience for the region is a top priority.
Canterbury Seismic Instruments (CSI), developers of earthquake response solution Sentinel, has partnered with the Wellington City Council to install more than 100 new sensors across the city.
NZ Herald
In a swift response to the recent June flooding, the first of seven temporary accommodation cabins provided by Gisborne’s Toitu Tairāwhiti arrived in Wairoa...
RNZ
Rawinia Harker's home was hit hard during Cyclone Gabrielle, but was hit even worse in last month's flood.
NZ Herald
A new state-of-the-art facility will provide a central point for search and rescue operations and emergency management for the Central Plateau. Emergency...
RNZ
If the flood had hit at 1am, "there would have been some body bags", mayor says.
NZ Herald
Early on a recent Monday morning a truckload of goods left Dannevirke, en route to the flooded residents of Wairoa. Dannevirke Lions and their partners in...
RNZ
The moderate earthquake struck within 5km of Pōrangahau on Sunday morning.
NZ Herald
Work to open the bar at the Wairoa River mouth went ahead as a precaution this week, with forecasts of heavy rain for this weekend. A contractor was given...
Communities along our coastlines will face increased challenges from climate change in the future.
Aon plc Global Media Relations
Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today published its Global Catastrophe Recap: First Half 2024 report, which cites a preliminary estimate of more than $117 billion...
The business claims that the council was negligent and failed to take measures needed to prevent it from suffering extensive damage when the Wairoa River flooded.
RNZ
A Wairoa business owner is taking the Hawke's Bay Regional Council to court after last month's flooding in the town.
NZ Herald
A report suggesting how to improve management of the Wairoa River mouth was “pretty well disregarded” by the regional council in the lead-up to the latest...
Newsroom
Businesses understand how national supply chains work in a catastrophe. But National Emergency Management Agency chief executive Dave Gawn says: 'We don't have it at the central government level.' Fox Meyer reports.
The review was commissioned specifically into the town's flooding issues.
NIWA has completed a major project to analyse how New Zealand’s “climate normals” are shifting.
RNZ
The Wairoa incident - the Hawke's Bay Regional Council's role in not opening a river mouth - is under the spotlight and was front of mind during a recent meeting.
The Wairoa community has raised significant concerns about whether enough was done to prevent their properties from flooding last month.
Natural hazard risk is a reality of living in New Zealand. Use this checklist to make sure you understand the risk profile of a property, before you buy.
World Meteorological Organization
WMO’s State of the Global Climate report confirmed that 2024 was likely the first calendar year to be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era, with a global mean near-surface temperature of 1.55 ± 0.13 °C above the 1850-1900 average. This is the warmest year in the 175-year observational record.WMO’s flagship report showed that:
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GeoNet 19 February 2025
NPR
These photos chronicle the catastrophic scale of destruction from wildfires in California that started on Jan. 7.
NZ Herald
While The Front Page is on its summer break, we are revisiting some of the biggest news stories from 2024. New episodes return on January 13th. A...
The active fault datasets displayed on this website are prepared by the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS Science).
www.civildefence.govt.nz
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is the Government lead for emergency management. We help build a safe and resilient Aotearoa New Zealand by empowering communities before, during and after emergencies.
There are 161 potentially active volcanoes in the United States. According to a 2018 USGS assessment, 57 volcanoes are a high threat or very high threat to public safety.
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