Accessible News

Top storiesNew ZealandPoliticsBusinessEntertainmentSportsWorld
Engineers have found the 147-metre long flood-damaged Heaphy Bridge on the Heaphy Track, cannot be repaired.
Caption:Engineers decided this 147 metre long flood damaged bridge on the Heaphy Track couldn’t be repaired.Photo credit:Supplied / Department of ConservationRepairs underway on an area of the Milford Track damaged by floods in early 2020.RNZ / Tess Brunton
The Routeburn Track.
Percy Burn Viaduct.
Kiri Allan
The Ōtaki River at the Ōtaki Forks area, which has been partly cut off since 2020.
Department of Conservation staff found Aucklanders carrying pet cats up Mt Taranaki in backpacks.
The Turanganui Bridge was washed out.
Some graves at Karori Cemetery were crushed by trees during a wild storm.
The Turanganui Bridge was washed out.
The Ponatahi Bridge on 27 June, 2026, during flooding in South Wairarapa after storms hit on 26 and 27 June.
Police in Wellington. Generic image
David Seymour on Budget Day 2026
A file photo shows a midwife with a pregnant woman.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to media in Auckland.