Natural Disasters

Firefighters have worked overnight fighting a large fire in Southland. Fire and Emergency Incident Controller Hamish Angus spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

The 5.3 quake was centred ten kilometres from Eketāhuna and was 34 kilometres deep. Tararua District mayor Tracey Collins spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Mangawhai is still feeling the effects of Sunday's tornado. Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

The Northland town of Mangawhai is cleaning up after a storm blew through over the weekend - although officials say it could take months for the damage to be fully repaired. Kaipara Civil Defence… Audio

On today's episode, the mayor of Kaipara is expecting the clean-up from the destructive Mangawhai storm to be a big job, oral hearings for the Treaty Principles Bill begin just after 8am on Monday, in… Audio

Two years on from the Auckland Anniversary Day floods and some homeowners say they're stuck paying mortgages on negative equity properties. Spokesperson for West Auckland is Flooding Lyall Carter… Audio

Four state houses that started to float in the Auckland anniversary weekend flooding two years ago are still propped up with poles in Mangere, awaiting their future. Amy Williams has the story. Audio

Fifteen-hundred more houses have been granted consent on flood plains in Auckland in the past year. In Depth reporter Kate Newton has more. Audio

Northland's MP is promising the Government will do whatever it can to support the people of Mangawhai. Grant McCallum spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Mangawhai locals have described the storm, which hit about 3am - as a tornado, with two people hospitalised and at least 50 properties damaged. Reporter Finn Blackwell spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

A Mangawhai resident says it was like an end-of-the-world movie when an intense storm struck the town early on Sunday morning. Resident Grant Noonan spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

More than 140 homes in Mangawhai could be without power until this evening after a tornado hit in the early hours of Sunday morning. Civil Defence Emergency Management Kaipara Controller John Burt… Audio

At least 50 homes were damaged, and trees and about 20 power poles downed, when the storm ripped through the Northland township of Mangawhai about 3am on Sunday morning, leaving roads covered in… Audio

The clean up of Mangawhai continues on Monday after a devastating storm struck the town, damaging 50 houses and knocking down power poles, power lines and trees. Audio