Flowers and messages have been left at the cordon at Pilot Bay following last week's landslide.
New Zealand
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The final week of January is set to begin on a cool and showery note, before high pressure builds from midweek bring more settling conditions.
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Widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million people — more than half the US population.
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Access to some Northland communities isolated since last Sunday has been restored.
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Lessons learnt during Cyclone Gabrielle three years ago have proved invaluable for marae on Northland's east coast, leading the response to last week's massive storm.
Sat, Jan 24
A days long winter storm is predicted to crank up that could bring temperatures as low as -40C.
Experts say saturated ground and intensifying storms mean the threat of further landslides remains high as searches continue for missing people in Mount Maunganui.
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Police are seeking further information on three other people following the devastating landslip.
Fri, Jan 23
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Police were notified that the slip had "extensively damaged a house" at around 4.15am.
Thu, Jan 22
Huia Ngatai and her whānau spent a terrifying night on their roof as water raged around them.
The man's wife said her husband, 47, was a fisherman back home in Kiribati. They had moved to New Zealand in 2023 with their four children.
The region had been deluged, causing highway closures and knocking out power to some properties.
The man, in his 40s and from the wider Mahurangi community, was swept away in his vehicle after attempting to cross the Mahurangi River on Wednesday.
Fire and Emergency NZ commander William Pike described the ongoing situation at Beachside Holiday Park in Mount Maunganui as a "rescue operation".
Parts of Northland, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne region and Coromandel have been badly hit by the heavy rain and winds.
Understanding ocean heat – and how it shapes rainfall, storms and marine heatwaves – is central to explaining what we experience on land.
Environment
The warning follows damage to a monitoring site on the Waiwhakaiho River, the second time the site had been targeted in three months and the third since it was installed in 2020.
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Metservice updated Gisborne’s heavy rain warning to red for north of Tolaga Bay this morning and to orange for the south of Gisborne.
Wed, Jan 21
Forecasters say a moisture‑packed tropical low, intensified by La Niña, is pushing heavy rain across large parts of the country.
Senior Sergeant Carl Fowlie said police received reports of a man being washed away at a river crossing on Falls Rd at 7.41am.
Photos captured across the Coromandel Peninsula show roads underwater, surface flooding across residential areas and swollen waterways after intense rain set in early today.
Heavy rain was expected to intensify from later this morning into the afternoon and evening.
The torrential rain sent floodwaters pouring through the Whangaruru campground and triggered a 50-metre-wide slip across the only access road.
Tue, Jan 20
MetService said a strong and humid easterly flow would bring downpours to the upper North Island on Tuesday, while bands of heavy rain would spread south on Wednesday.
