Weather
02:00pm Mon 30 Apr, 2018
The focus for Rotorua Lakes Council's Civil Defence team moves to recovery mode today, with the priority on helping people who need immediate support and assistance. Residents... Read More
07:57am Mon 30 Apr, 2018
The weather forecast today is for a mostly cloudy day with a few showers, and a chance of some of them being heavy. Also northerly breezes. It's a one-clothing... Read More
07:02am Mon 30 Apr, 2018
Bay of Plenty residents are being warned to prepare for more heavy rain today as a complex low system continues to bring multiple bands of rain to northern and... Read More
06:47am Mon 30 Apr, 2018
A Bay of Plenty stream bursting its banks overnight forced people to flee their homes. About 30 properties on Western Road in Ngongotaha and in surrounding streets... Read More
06:04pm Sun 29 Apr, 2018
Several homes are under water in Rotorua after relentless rain hit the area. Many roads around Rotorua are also flooded and closed. A reporter at the scene says... Read More
05:32pm Sun 29 Apr, 2018
Western road in Ngongotaha is nearly impossible to pass after heavy rains have caused massive flooding. ... Read More
03:20pm Sun 29 Apr, 2018
UPDATE: 4pm An NZTA spokesperson has said that the Karangahake Gorge is not currently closed. "SH2 isn't closing yet - there is surface flooding but contractors... Read More
02:30pm Sun 29 Apr, 2018
Rotorua is receiving a battering today, with surface flooding, slips, and trees blocking lanes. In response to the weather, an emergency shelter has been opened... Read More
12:30pm Sun 29 Apr, 2018
The weather office had warned us. It was going to be an interesting weekend of storms. It started with a dark, grey, brooding Saturday afternoon of wind and rain. Nothing... Read More
08:00am Sun 29 Apr, 2018
Just in case you missed it, the skies opened up last night and released a deluge of rain onto the Bay last night. But it looks like it might be getting a bit better... Read More
06:02pm Sat 28 Apr, 2018
A severe weather warning has been issued by the Metservice for the Coromandel Peninsula and western Bay of Plenty. A front from Coromandel Peninsula to Waikato is... Read More
10:27am Sat 28 Apr, 2018
Western Bay of Plenty and Coromandel are expected to suffer a heavy blow of rain this weekend. MetService says the two regions are just some of many areas which... Read More
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