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Following lighter rain on 30 and 31 January, areas of Auckland flooded for a second time on the morning of 1 February after more heavy downpours. [10] MetService reported that about 20–30 millimetres per hour (0.79–1.18 inches per hour) of "intensive rainfall" had fallen in parts of Auckland in the early hours of 1 February. [29]
New Zealand retained a state of emergency in parts of its flood-battered South Island on Sunday as authorities weighed damage in the region hardest hit by four days of torrential rain. The South ...
Significant areas of land were rendered unsafe for human habitation. In 2023, the New Zealand Government passed the short-term Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Act 2023 (SWERLA) to speed up flood protection works in the regions. These flood protection works included the development of new stop banks, culverts, retaining walls ...
The 2023 southern New Zealand floods were caused by heavy rain that struck the southern part of New Zealand's South Island on 21 September 2023. This storm caused flooding in several places across the Southland and Otago regions including Gore and Queenstown. 100 homes were evacuated in Queenstown and Tuatapere's water treatment plant was damaged.
The New Zealand government said Thursday it will contribute at least NZ$877 million ($524 million) towards rebuilding the country's largest city after floods in January destroyed infrastructure ...
Several hundred people in New Zealand were evacuated from their homes Monday with some recounting dramatic helicopter rescues as heavy rain caused widespread flooding in the Canterbury region.
In early October 2024, the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island experienced heavy rainfall and significant flooding and landslides. The weather event affected coastal areas in Otago including North Otago, Dunedin, and the Clutha District, which received an estimated two-months worth of rainfall between 2 and 4 October.
The flooding occurred throughout Southland so the state of emergency was extended to cover it at mid-morning. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] The rain stopped on the same day, but the flooding continued to get worse. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At one point, Invercargill Airport was 3 metres (9.8 ft) deep in water and 10 aeroplanes were partly submerged. [ 3 ]