Climate change has made extreme rainfall more common and more intense. But many flood risk maps have yet to catch up.

In a week of torrential rain, the biggest deluge fell in West Auckland’s New Lynn, a Herald on Sunday analysis of Auckland flood data shows. The area with the most red-stickered homes was the ...

An Auckland councillor says tropical ex-cyclone Tam is a timely reminder that continuing to build infrastructure on flood-prone land will be disastrous. Kerrin Leoni, running against current mayor ...

More heavy rainfall has brought havoc to the New Zealand city of Auckland, downing trees, flooding homes and closing major roads. Weather watchers said more than a month of rain had fallen in 24 ...

Just under 3500 homes registered to be categorised by Monday to determine whether they qualify for a council buy-out or funding to improve the flood resilience of their property.

Aucklanders are braced for more heavy rain just a day after New Zealand’s largest city was hit by a severe summer storm that left at least four people dead.

New Zealand officials on Tuesday asked residents in flood-ravaged Auckland to prepare for the onslaught of another storm as residents start a clean-up following a series of floods and landslips ...

Almost 200 homes and businesses have been deemed unsafe to enter in flood-stricken Auckland as the clean-up begins following New Zealand ’s “biggest non-earthquake event”.

New Zealand ’s largest city Auckland was “clobbered” on Friday by a record-shattering downpour that led to more than 2,000 emergency calls being made, more than 700 incidents across the ...

Newly appointed prime minister Chris Hipkins said the flood impact was “unprecedented” for the city in recent memory as he flew by helicopter over Auckland on Saturday and visited flood-hit homes.

Auckland Airport international terminal closed due to flooding Auckland Airport has closed its international terminal check-in area to visitors due to flooding inside the building.