The majority of severe weather warnings across New Zealand have now been lifted, according to New Zealand government weather forecaster Metservice on Friday.New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington ...

Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's South Island, declared a state of emergency as floods, landslides and falling trees impacted the city. "We expected the weather would ease ...

MetService expected five metre (16 foot) swells in the Cook Strait, the body of water between New Zealand’s two largest islands. About 1,000 properties were without electricity Thursday ...

Six workers in West Papua are dead after a landslide at a gold mine. Reuters reported torrential rains on Monday forced a ...

New Zealand experienced heavy flooding and damage due to Cyclone Tam last week through this weekend. What started out as a tropical low hovering over the South Pacific Ocean nation of Vanuatu was ...

The first climate change assessment report for Hawke’s Bay has been released, revealing an increased risk of ex-tropical ...

Schools were closed and flights cancelled as New Zealand's capital Wellington was hit by its strongest winds in over a decade ...

New Zealand faced a barrage of severe weather warnings on Thursday, with heavy downpours triggering a state of emergency in Christchurch, the South Island's largest city, and "destructive" gales ...