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Three people dead and at least one missing as rain pounds Auckland

New Zealand's new prime minister, Chris Hipkins, says record rainfall in Auckland is as "an unprecedented event in recent memory", as highways are closed and water pours into homes.

ABC News

The Auckland floods are a sign of things to come – the city needs stormwater systems fit for climate change

The extraordinary flood event Auckland experienced on the night of January 27, the eve of the city’s anniversary weekend, was caused by rainfall that was literally off the chart.

The Conversation

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins: 'Take care of each other'

Chris Hipkins has arrived in Auckland for a daylong visit to the city following its catastrophic flood on Friday night.

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New Zealand's Auckland starts clean-up after deadly flash floods

Authorities in New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland, began mopping up on Saturday after torrential rains brought flash flooding and evacuations, with at least two people confirmed dead and two missing in the widespread inundation.

Reuters

Authorities use GPS data to try to find missing device – as it happened

Experts are combing a remote highway in Western Australia after a radioactive capsule fell off a truck. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand city declares emergency after heavy flooding

A state of emergency has been declared in Auckland, New Zealand after severe flooding saw people forced to evacuate their homes, and closed the city’s international airport.

Evening Standard

State of emergency: Auckland floods 'a wake-up call'

The Prime Minister has gone down to the Beehive bunker to help coordinate the emergency response, as the Insurance Council warns that some Aucklanders whose homes and business are flooded face very hard times ahead. Jonathan Milne reports.

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State of emergency in Auckland after flooding sparks chaos

Residents in the worst-affected areas have been urged to evacuate amid a deluge that has blocked motorways, forced the closure of the city’s airport and caused a huge disruption to flights

Evening Standard

State of emergency declared in Auckland after widespread flooding

Main roads were also blocked by the floods, causing long traffic queues on highways.

Al Jazeera

AT concert travel muck-up: 'It's embarrassing'

Fans are describing Auckland Transport's plans to help them get to and from Elton John's concerts in the supercity this weekend as a fiasco with tonight's concert now cancelled due to the weather.

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Third person confirmed dead after catastrophic Auckland flooding

A third death related to the catastrophic flooding around Auckland has been confirmed this afternoon after a body was found in a Remuera house hit by a land slip.

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Elton John Concert Canceled Due to Wild New Zealand Weather

Torrential rain and wild weather in Auckland on Friday caused disruptions throughout the city and an Elton John concert to be canceled just before it was due to start. About 40,000 people were expected to attend the evening concert at Mt Smart Stadium in New Zealand's largest city. Thousands were…

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Auckland airport flooded as torrential rain hits New Zealand's largest city

A state of emergency is declared after torrential rain led to widespread flooding and evacuations in New Zealand's largest city, causing chaos at the city's major airport.

ABC News

Torrential rain and flooding in Auckland forces cancellation of Elton John concert

Torrential rain and wild weather in Auckland has caused disruptions throughout the city and an Elton John concert to be canceled just before it was due to start

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Torrential rains, flash floods lash Auckland; Elton John concert cancelled

A state of emergency was declared in New Zealand's biggest city Auckland on Friday as torrential rains caused widespread flooding and evacuations, closing the city's airports and forcing organisers to cancel a scheduled concert by Elton John.

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Aucklanders farewell yellow brick road, welcome transport solutions

The yellow brick road to Mt Smart stadium looks to be packed this weekend as thousands travel to dual Elton John concerts.

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Kiwi tech success story becomes the face of Chris Hipkins' workforce crisis

Never mind the chief executives and TV cameras in the CBD – it was a small business grouping in west Auckland that had the new Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister as a captive audience, to talk through the challenges for struggling employers. Jonathan Milne reports.

The Times of India

Finn Allen experiment is failing; look at the way Rohit Sharma plays: Former Kiwi opener Cumming

AUCKLAND: Former New Zealand cricketer Craig Cumming is unhappy with head coach Gary Stead's persistence with opener Finn Allen, who failed with the bat in the recently-concluded three-match ODI series against India.

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Chris Hipkins: 'I'm not going to write the Budget or a tax policy on day two of the job'

After meeting with business leaders, new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he's not going to get ahead of decisions that still need to be made.

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Retail recovery is a battle of the city v the mall

Retail spend appears to be unevenly distributed and eaten up by inflation, writes Andrew Bevin

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Hauraki Gulf conservation’s ship comes in

A multi-million-dollar marine research vessel was launched this week by the University of Auckland to be a sentry to the changing seas

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What will become of Mt Albert without an MP?

Unless National chooses to force a by-election, constituents will be left unrepresented when Jacinda Ardern exits Parliament in April. Bonnie Harrison looks at what could happen in the electorate.

The Independent UK

Cameron Norrie denies hectic schedule contributed to Australian Open exit

Norrie played in four exhibition events and two ATP tournaments before heading to Melbourne

AAP

Harvey's last-second bomb buries NZ in NBL

Tyler Harvey has been the hero in Auckland against the NZ Breakers with a three-point dagger which brought to a close the Hawks' 45-day winless drought.

The Conversation

Qantas flight mayday: can a plane normally fly on just one engine? An aviation expert explains

You may have seen the news Qantas flight 144 from Auckland landed safely in Sydney yesterday after the pilot was forced to shut down an engine and issue a mayday call while flying over the Pacific Ocean.

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