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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand PSA National secretary, Fleur Fitzsimons. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Public Service Association says a faulty fire alarm system at a Dunedin hospital is an unacceptable...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police The large-scale physical search for missing Karori man Philip Sutton has concluded for the day. Search and Rescue teams have spent hours at Philip’s Karori South...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Awanui Primary School went into lockdown. Google Maps Armed police were called to the Northland township of Awanui after reports that a person had a gun....
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have been busy responding to weather related callouts across Wellington today. Since 3am, Fire and Emergency has received around...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding at Island Bay Bowling Club on Monday. RNZ / Anya Fielding People living in flood-prone areas of the greater Wellington region should leave their homes...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The flooding at the Island Bay bowling club. RNZ / Anya Fielding Many parts of Wellington have started the week under water, after heavy rain hit...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A landslide on Balfour St in Mornington, Wellington on Monday morning. MARK PAPALII / RNZ A state of emergency has been declared in the Wellington region...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington residents in low lying and flood prone areas have been told to go somewhere else for the next 24 hours. The city has been smashed...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ Police/Supplied A search and rescue operation has been launched in Karori after a man was reported unaccounted for after extreme weather in Wellington. Inspector Fleur...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Wellington District Prevention Manager Inspector Fleur de Bes: Police are in a position to name the Karori man who is unaccounted for following the...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding on farmland at the base of the Awakino Gorge in October 2025. Supplied / Bree Joyce Farmers are facing their second major clean up in...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. Supplied / David Bodescu High winds downed trees and tore off at least two roofs across the Far North overnight. Kaitāia fire chief Craig...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Wellington District Prevention Manager Inspector Fleur de Bes: A search and rescue operation has been launched in Karori this morning, after a man was...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooded farmland in Ōhura. Supplied/ Ross Perry The remote King County settlement of Ōhura remains cut off to all but emergency services following the weekend deluge....
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services carried an elderly blind person and another in a wheelchair from their flooded Wellington home. Torrential rain from thunderstorms in Wellington before dawn on...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 April 2026 – Most Singaporeans have already ticked off Taipei’s night markets and Alishan’s morning mists. But the real discovery...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Green Party This Government has cut flood protection spending by 41 per cent compared to the last Government, even as climate-change-charged extreme weather events become more frequent and severe....
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Residents on Wellington’s south coast are relieved no one was hurt. Fire and Emergency (FENZ) was called to a large slip in Vancouver Street in the...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Vogeltown resident Janis McLauchlan woke at 4 this morning to a river outside her window. She lives with her husband Jimmy on Balfour Street, and her...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Stokes Valley on Saturday. Mark Papalii/RNZ Torrential rain over the weekend caused flooding and damage to parts of the lower North Island including Wellington,...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand has been alerted to more than 150 weather-related events in Wellington this morning. The callouts relate to flooding, flooding into...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Resident Jane Loughnan said she woke to “water everywhere”. Supplied A woman on Wright Street in the Wellington suburb of Mount Cook saw half a dozen...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Diggers working at the burnt-out Bromley wastewater treatment plant. Christchurch City Council Christchurch’s mayor is rejecting locals’ claims his council only acted on the stench from...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Alani Morse during the 2026 New Zealand National Surfing Championships in Gisborne. © Surfing New Zealand / PhotoCPL 2026 / PHOTOSPORT Taranaki’s Tom Butland and local...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding at the old garage in Ōhura’s town centre on Sunday. A local resident said by the time this photo was taken, the water had gone...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow the latest with RNZ’s liveblog. Torrential rain that hit Wellington overnight caused flooding in several suburbs and in parts of the central city. A police...
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· April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding oustide Wellington Hospital on Monday morning. RNZ / Rachel Helyer-Donaldson Torrential rain that hit Wellington overnight caused flooding in several suburbs and in parts of...