[ad_1] Wellington: A Cabinet committee and regional ministerial leads were appointed on Tuesday to help coordinate New Zealand’s response and recovery from cyclone Gabrielle which lashed the North Island over the past week. The new Extreme Weather Recovery Committee will be chaired by Finance Minister Grant Robertson as Minister forContinue Reading
[ad_1] Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 42nd over: New Zealand 133-5 (Conway 72, Blundell 16) Root, who has the confidence – and, if we’re being brutal, probably the ability – to take pace returns from the other end. But when heContinue Reading
[ad_1] Authorities in New Zealand have set up two temporary morgues, as the death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle, the country’s most damaging storm in decades, climbs to seven. A second volunteer firefighter, Craig Stevens, died in hospital after being caught in a landslide near Auckland earlier in the week. AContinue Reading
[ad_1] There is more than one way to climb Mount Maunganui. For glorious views of Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty, take either the slow and steady base track or, for a quicker ascent, albeit with more puff required, charge up the steep stairs of the summit track. Cyclone Gabrielle’sContinue Reading
[ad_1] At least five people have been killed after the storm with towns cut off, thousands of people uncontactable and many more without power Guardian staff Main image: Residents wade through flood waters in the city of Napier, on New Zealand’s North Island, in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. Photograph:Continue Reading
[ad_1] Cyclone Gabrielle has caused devastation across New Zealand’s North Island. A national state of emergency has been declared, floods have trapped people on roofs and landslides have destroyed homes. We would like to hear from you if you have been affected by the disaster, and are in a safeContinue Reading
[ad_1] Wellington: New Zealand declared a state of emergency on Monday as Cyclone Gabrielle started to lash the North Island. People in several regions such as Northland and Auckland, the country’s largest city, have been warned of high risk of tidal flooding by the civil defense department. Thousands of peopleContinue Reading
[ad_1] Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta departs for India as she continues to reconnect Aotearoa New Zealand to the world. The visit will begin in New Delhi where the Foreign Minister will meet with the Vice President Hon Jagdeep Dhankar and her Indian Government counterparts, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar andContinue Reading
[ad_1] Wellington: Soaring prices continued to affect all household groups in New Zealand in the 12 months to December 2022, the country’s statistics department said on Thursday. The cost of living for the average household, as measured by the household living-costs price indexes (HLPIs), increased by 8.2 percent in theContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Zealand flag Auckland: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has welcomed the announcement that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, will visit New Zealand this month. “Princess Anne is travelling to Aotearoa at the request of the NZ Army’s Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals, of which sheContinue Reading