Southland
Southland flooding - latest update
In Southland extreme flooding has impacted much of the region. RNZ reporter Katie Todd has just been in the latest Civil Defence briefing and joins Lisa Owen live from Invercargill. Video, Audio
Weather: Thousands flee homes in Southland flooding
Thousands of people in Southland towns, not just Mataura, have been forced to leave their homes following civil defence evacuation orders.
Residents in Gore, Wyndham and Mataura were told not to be… Video, Audio
Mataura flooding: Potential toxic spill threatens as river rises
In Southland extreme flooding has continued to cause havoc across the region for another day.
In Mataura, halfway between Invercargill and Gore, residents are angry after the looming threat of a… Video, Audio
Southland flooding: Residents in three towns told to evacuate
Residents of low-lying areas of Gore and Mataura are being evacuated as river levels rise and people in a third Southland town, Wyndham, are being told they will have to leave. Audio
Mataura now a "ghost town" - reporter
RNZ reporter Tim Brown talks to Kathryn from the outskirts of Mataura, where emergency services have now evacuated, leaving no one behind. Audio
Mataura river levels threaten more Southland towns
Residents in the Southland towm of Wyndham are the lastest to be told to evacuate thier homes as river water threatens to breach banks. They've been told to go east, not west. Three days of heavy rain… Audio
Southland flooding: 'Need to get out now'
Residents in the Southland towm of Wyndham are being told to evacuate their homes amid rising river levels. Residents in Mataura are bracing themselves as the Mataura River approaches its highest… Audio
Burt Munro Challenge continues at Oreti Beach
Despite the weather, thousands of motor bike enthusiasts are on their way to Oreti Beach in Southland for the annual Burt Munro Challenge. Audio
State of Emergency as constant rain floods in Southland
The whole of Southland is now in a state of emergency because of extensive flooding after two days of heavy rain. Bryan Crump speaks with Southland's mayor Gary Tong about what's happening and what's… Audio
Southland flooding: Homes evacuated in Gore
About 20 people are expected to stay at a refuge hub in Gore overnight following heavy rain which has flooded homes.
'Splintering, crushing and screaming' - Slip crashes into tramping hut
A group of 31 trampers rescued from a DOC hut in Fiordland have spoken of escaping with minor injuries after a slip crashed through the wall, crushing bunk beds. Video, Audio
Wild weather: Hikers survive as land slip smashes Routeburn hut
A Wellington couple on their honeymoon are celebrating a narrow escape after slips and flooding washed out parts of the Routeburn track almost wiping out the hut they were sheltering in.
Brett… Video, Audio
Weather: Roads closed, sandbags piled as flooding hits Gore
A state of emergency in Southland has been extended as torrential rain over the past two days has brought landslips, widespread flooding and closed roads across the region.
It comes as 195 tourists… Video, Audio
Weather: Southland in State of Emergency as rain continues
A State of Emergency has been extended to include all of Southland as water levels continue to rise and cause major damage.
Dozens of people have already been rescued from tracks in Fiordland after… Video, Audio
Efforts to rescue trapped trampers ramp up
A break in the weather is allowing rescuers to attempt to evacuate 31 trampers stuck in a hut on the Routeburn Track this morning. Audio
Weather: Flooding, slips, hundreds trapped in Milford Sound
Hundreds of people are trapped in Milford Sound after heavy flooding cut off the only road out.
A State of Emergency has been declared in Milford, Te Anau and Manapouri.
Locals say they have never… Video, Audio
Aussie takes on the challenge of swimming the Foveaux Strait
An Australian man will be trying today to become the first person from his country to swim across the Foveaux Strait.
Call for clues in hunt for man last seen five months ago in Southland
A family wants help to find John Macgregor, who has been missing from Southland since July.
Locomotive pulled from tonnes of river muck
A relic of New Zealand's rail past has emerged from the mud 93 years after being dumped in a Southland River. Video
Digging up two rare locomotives
After six years of work, the Lumsden Heritage Trust is on the cusp of excavating two 1885 steam locomotives from the Oreti River. Audio
