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Coromandel tourism sector suffers as holiday hotspots eerily quiet
Motel manager: "80 to 90 per cent of bookings cancelled or postponed.”
Latest from Auckland Floods
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Editorial: Big smoke needs to be a big soak
OPINION: Manufactured and natural drainage need to be harnessed.
Fran O’Sullivan: Critics should ease up on apologetic Brown
OPINION: A shambles yes, but Brown's woes are not all his fault.
Coromandel declares state of emergency, travelling in the region 'strongly discouraged'
Auckland's Emergency Management team will provide an update this afternoon.
James Shaw: Now is the time to provide answers to Auckland’s climate disaster
OPINION: Lives in Auckland have been upended by this week’s flooding.
'Their plans are flawed': Councillors call on Labour and Nats to stop intensification in Auckland
Labour and National have imposed greater intensification on Auckland.
IAG forecasts margin squeeze on Auckland floods
Insurer airs concern over floods but company says its capital position remains strong.
Auckland floods: What does a state of emergency mean?
Auckland's state of emergency has been extended for another week - so what does that mean?
'Praying a miracle will happen': Onehunga church on the brink of flooding
Not even pumps have been able to bring the water level down.
Risk of vomiting, diarrhoea outbreak across Auckland following floods
Health and emergency agencies are urging people to avoid contact and wash their hands.
Watch: 'I dropped the ball' - Mayor Brown sorry for flood response, extends state of emergency
Mayor acknowledged he 'made mistakes' in his response to the deluge.
Auckland floods: Seven fire trucks damaged by water sucked into engines
FENZ was warned two years ago the air intakes were set too low.
Live: Surface flooding returns in Auckland, 200 properties now uninhabitable
Decision due later today on whether to extend Auckland state of emergency.
Scale of damage to state highway a ‘revelation’ - Coromandel mayor
Another 60 or 70 metres has dropped away in 24 hours.
20-year plea ignored: Residents frustrated by lack of action on drainage issues
Mary Tixier's mother was writing to council 20 years ago for drainage to be improved.
Unknown how many Aucklanders displaced by floods
Hundreds have so far asked for assistance to find somewhere to live.
‘A real sharp one’: 4.8 earthquake near Te Aroha jolts North Island
Thousands across the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Coromandel and Auckland felt the shake.
Opinion: Floods prove need for resilient supply lines
OPINION: A Maritime Union secretary says Ports of Auckland must remain where it is.
Editorial: Timing of floods is terrible for local economy
OPINION: Our editorial on a sodden Auckland and the 'broken window fallacy'.
Why Wayne Brown's 'drongo' comment, leaked text matters
The Mayor has faced backlash for his response to the flood and treatment of the media.
‘Be vigilant' warning: Slips close BOP Highway, Tamaki Dr feeder road in Auckland
New heavy rain watch issued for eastern Auckland and Hunua Ranges.
Why Auckland storm caused so many landslides – and what can be done about it
Predicting where and when land might slide is not easy but several factors at play.
'It looked like a tornado struck it': Hero helicopter medic's last rescue
One woman was trapped under 3m of rubble below the high tide line.
Flood-hit West Auckland resident calls for ‘urgent’ managed retreat
Some say their homes should not be repaired or rebuilt, and the land returned to nature.
Chris Hipkins will now drive up to attend Waitangi Day proceedings
A spokesperson for the Prime Minister said the plane tried landing "a couple times"
‘Nowhere to take the baby’: Heavily pregnant woman’s home ravaged by raging floodwaters
Jamie Wolley lost her Rānui home after debris-filled water seeped into her property.
'Perfect storm': The incredible graph that shows just how wet January was in the City of Sails
Central Auckland experienced over 45 per cent of its yearly rainfall in just one month.
$60m+ North Shore apartments: low-rise evacuated, red-stickered
"Probably looks worse than it is. We’re certainly a lot better off than other people."
West Wave swimming pool facility damaged, pools closed for a month
West Auckland's popular West Wave swimming pools out of action.
'It's not going to take much': Thunderstorm watches issued for Auckland, Coromandel - high risk of more slips
Heavy showers are approaching the northern regions this afternoon.