State of Emergency Declared for Tasman Region, Severe Weather Warnings Across NZ

New Zealand braces itself for severe weather as storm threatens flooding

The authorities have asked residents to evacuate their homes if they feel unsafe. Read more at straitstimes.com.

State of emergency declared for flood-hit region

A state of emergency has been declared in the flood-damaged Tasman Nelson as the region braces for more severe weather. The declaration was made at...

State of emergency declared for Tasman region, severe weather warnings across NZ

A fresh state of emergency has been declared in the Nelson Tasman region this afternoon. Tasman Mayor Tim King said the state of emergency was a pre-emptive...

More rainfall for Tasman as northerly moves to bring heavy rain for North Island

MetService says there's been more rain for the flood-damaged Nelson Tasman district overnight, with more to come.

Flood-hit Tasman farm ‘more like a riverbed than a farm’

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Monique Steele of RNZ Work to bolster flood resilience along the Motueka River came too late for one flood-hit Tasman farmer who lost dozens of hectares of farmland to the stopbank-bursting river. Communities at the top of the South Island, particularly around Tasman and Nelson, were now in recovery mode, following the one-in-100-year flood that sent the areas in a state of emergency on 27 June. Officials were bracing …