Flood-Prone New Zealand Says It Needs to Adapt to Climate Extremes January 30, 2025 By Tracy Withers New Zealand plans to introduce legislation before the end of the year that will create a framework to help communities...
New Zealand Offers to Buy Out Owners of Cyclone, Flood-Damaged Homes June 1, 2023 By Matthew Brockett New Zealand’s government will help to buy out the owners of cyclone and flood-damaged houses in areas deemed susceptible to...
New Zealand Pledges $720M for Cyclone and Flood Recovery May 16, 2023 The New Zealand government said on Sunday it was allocating NZ$1.1 billion ($720 million) to help communities recover from a...
Global Insured Losses Estimated at $15B in Q1, With Economic Price Tag of $63B: Aon April 17, 2023 Private and public insurance entities saw an estimated $15 billion of global losses during the first quarter – close to...
Insured Losses From N. Zealand Floods Estimated at US$1.02B, With Profit Hit Expected March 15, 2023 By L.S. Howard The initial insured losses for the recent floods in the North Island of New Zealand are estimated at NZ$1.65 billion...
New Zealand Needs to Rebuild With Resilience to Extreme Weather: PM February 24, 2023 After last week’s damaging cyclone, New Zealand needs to rebuild with more resilient infrastructure to cope with more frequent and...
Extreme Weather May Force New Zealand to Rethink Where It Builds: Finance Minister February 17, 2023 By Tracy Withers New Zealand faces big questions about where people should live and how to build infrastructure as the devastating aftermath of...
New Zealand Searches for Missing After Cyclone; Sizable Economic Cost Expected February 16, 2023 By Tracy Withers New Zealand is still searching for people missing in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle amid fears the death toll will...
Cyclone’s Destructive Path Through New Zealand, Killing at Least Four People February 15, 2023 By Tracy Withers Four people are dead and there are concerns for others who are missing on New Zealand’s North Island as emergency...
Cyclone Gabrielle Leaves Trail of Destruction Across New Zealand’s North Island February 14, 2023 By Tracy Withers Cyclone Gabrielle has started to track away from New Zealand after leaving a trail of destruction across large parts of...