Kirsty Frame

Nelson residents are starting to get a clearer picture of the damage to homes today after hundreds had to be evacuated due to rising floodwaters, and increasing risks of land slides. 

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More than 220 homes near the Maitai River were evacuated yesterday as the river surged, and ten more in the Tahunanui Hills joined them overnight because of a slip.

The mayor, Rachel Reese, told… Audio

Hundreds of people in Nelson have had an anxious night waiting to find out if their homes have been flooded.

The city is under state of emergency after the Maitai River burst its banks yesterday… Audio

Geotechnical engineers will today assess the slip on The Terrace in central Wellington to determine if evacuated residents can return home.

RNZ reporter Kirsty Frame has the story from the site. Audio

Geotechnical engineers will today assess the slip on The Terrace in central Wellington.

About a dozen households were evacuated yesterday when a retaining wall gave way.

This morning, the council is… Audio

Wellington City Council is poised to move its entire social housing portfolio into a new community housing charity. 

It is also planning to use millions of dollars in three-waters sweetener funding… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.  Audio

Two-thirds of students struggle to afford the very basics. Why aren't we doing anything about it? Audio

A scathing review has found flouridating water was "not a priority" for Wellington Water and was inconsistently done for six years.

Wellington Water has been told to take a "relentless" shift in… Video, Audio

A clean up is underway at the Mahanga Bay occupation site that had been home to nearly 50 protestors for several weeks.

Six of them are under arrest after the police moved in on Thursday.

Police say… Audio

The wheels appear to be moving on Wellington's massive transport and infrastructure overhaul - at a landmark cost of $7.2 billion.

The government's given the thumbs up for light rail across town, an… Video, Audio

The Ministry of Health is edging closer to giving much-needed support for people who lose their hair.

Those suffering from alopecia are struggling to afford wigs and say the Government subsidy barely… Audio

People are getting re-infected with Covid-19, but the Ministry of Health is telling people re-infected within 90 days not to get tested again.

International cases are suggesting it's becoming more… Audio

Tawa College in Wellington was put into lockdown this afternoon - after a person was injured and taken to hospital.

Our reporter Kirsty Frame joins us now from outside Tawa College.

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Wellingtonians have until next week to decide what they want to do about the city's tip.

The Southern Landfill is due to overflow in four years, and the council is looking at three very different… Audio

Three people were stabbed in an attack in the Waikato town of Cambridge on Wednesday evening.

Police said emergency services were called to a commerical property on Campbell Street just before 9pm… Audio