Whanganui
Flooding, slips closed roading network - NZTA responds
The Transport Agency's regional performance manager, Mark Owen, is on the line. Audio
National Civil Defence Controller on flood damage.
Shane Bayley is Civil Defence's national controller. Audio
Report on Whanganui
At least 800 households are without power, dozens of roads remain closed and the East of Whanganui is cut off after the city's biggest ever flooding. Audio
Civil Defence Minister explains emergency management response
Nikki Kaye is the Civil Defence Minister, she says the Government and local government officials will be looking at whether infrastructure is up to the task but those talks can wait. Audio
State of local emergency remains for much of lower North Island
The Horizons Regional Council will meet this morning to decide how long to keep the state of emergency in place in Whanganui. Audio
Whanganui's mayor says it'll be a slow recovery
The Whanganui District Council's mayor, Annette Main, says she is most concerned about the hundreds of people who have been completely cut off in the east of the city. Audio
Whanganui facing fallout of biggest flood to hit region
Whanganui is facing the fallout from the city's biggest ever flooding. Authorities will decide later this morning whether to keep the state of local emergency in place. Audio
Update on status of civil emergency
Authorities in the Whanganui region will meet at ten o'clock this morning to decide how much longer to keep a state of local emergency remains in place. Audio
State of local emergency remains for Whanganui
A state of local emergency remains in place in the Whanganui region after the district's worst recorded flood. An evacuation centre has been open all night for almost 320 evacuees who don't know when… Audio
Water logged homes along Wanganui's Anzac Pde inaccessible
As many as 100 water-logged homes along Wanganui's Anzac Parade could remain inaccessible until next week. The city was cut off for a time after wild weather closed access to the north and south on… Audio
Whanganui floods
Whanganui District Civil Defence and Emergency Management Controller Kevin Ross on the area's worst floods on record. Audio
May the best speaker win
Top students from secondary and tertiary institutions gather to compete for first place in a speech competition - in Chinese. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets students from around the North Island to see who… Audio, Gallery
May the best speaker win
Top students from secondary and tertiary institutions gather to compete for first place in a speech competition - in Chinese. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets students from around the North Island to see who…
AudioWhanganui pushes ahead with sale of pensioner flats
Whanganui is to push ahead with plans to sell its pensioner flats. Audio
Hit and run driver dies in car crash fire
A hit-and-run driver's suffered a fiery death avoiding police road spikes in Whanganui. Audio
Dick Martin: tunnellers
Son of WW1 sapper Bertram Martin, one of the New Zealand Tunnellers. Audio
Sister Noelene Makes a Habit of Sustainable Development
A Saint Joseph nun in Whanganui is doing her best to minimize her environmental footprint and invests tens of hours in planting fruit trees, native trees and deciduous trees, developing wetlands and… Audio
Sister Noelene Makes a Habit of Sustainable Development
A Saint Joseph nun in Whanganui is doing her best to minimize her environmental footprint and invests tens of hours in planting fruit trees, native trees and deciduous trees, developing wetlands and…
AudioDHB to support staff member facing manslaughter charge
The Whanganui District Health Board says it will continue to support a staff member charged with manslaughter after a toddler died on the hospital grounds in January. Audio
Chris Pryor and Miriam Smith: social rugby
Auckland filmmakers who spent a year in Reporoa, Bay of Plenty, to film The Ground We Won, a candid portrait of a New Zealand provincial rugby team. Audio