flood

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 January 202301 February 2023

Forty homes have been red-stickered, and around 5,000 more have been damaged after a record-smashing deluge across the upper North Island. Health […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 June 202101 June 2021

As the rains ease and river levels drop, residents are still cut off by damage to roads and bridges, and […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 June 2021

The Canterbury region is being hit hard by heavy rain and rising floodwaters. Canterbury Civil Defence has warned of further […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 19 April 201703 August 2018

Events like floods and droughts are not just figures in Treasury spreadsheets, writes Professor Dave Frame, the risks of them […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 25 January 201125 January 2011

In an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, Chris de Freitas of the University of Auckland explains why the […]