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Two Chinese tourists had a frightening start to day three of their New Zealand holiday today when their Maui campervan crashed on the Eyre River...

Swannanoa School students assisted with a planting day at Brian and Rosemary Whyte’s farm.

Christchurch: A record for over 20 years was established by the rainfall for the 24 hours ended 9.30am yesterday. The fall was 3.356 inches, which...

Rising river levels forced the urgent evacuation of more than 240 homes in North Canterbury, and the entire small town of Springfield in the Selwyn district was evacuated – 42 households, or about 100 people. STACY SQUIRES/Stuff Forecasters say the heavy downpours could be a one-in-a-hundred-year event. Insurer State urged policyholders to follow Civil Defence safety advice, and said: “We hope everyone affected by the downpours and flooding is keeping safe.” AMI posted on Sunday evenin...

Canterbury residents will wake to a region-wide state of emergency today after torrential rain caused rivers to burst their banks and forced mass evacuatio

Stuff reporters13:03, May 31 2021 KAREN CHAPPELL High flood waters on the Waimakariri River after heavy rain in the Canterbury region. Two state highways hit by severe flooding in Canterbury are not expected to reopen for at least another day as heavy rain and flooding continues to batter the region. The rain is expected to start easing on Monday and clear on Tuesday, but deep flooding on State Highway 1 from the Waikirikiri/Selwyn River near Dunsandel, south of Christchurch, meant the road wa...

FLOODING LATEST * The only way north out of Ashburton is by air - 17 roads shut, four bridges damaged and not passable, mayor says. * Civil Defence orders residents of the low-lying areas of The Pines Beach, Coopers Creek to evacuate. * State of emergency declared for entire Canterbury region after heavy rain and flooding * Christchurch residents warned to conserve water over wastewater concerns. * The Ashburton river is 1m away from bursting its banks, Acting Minister for Emergency Management ...

North Islander Judy Jeffrey was watching a movie with family at her grandson's new home when firefighters knocked on the windows, telling them to leave.

While rivers are receding in Canterbury, residents are being warned the risk is not over and some are still on standby to evacuate should the situation change.

"A map actually needs road names, place names, some clue as to where it is."