New Zealand has no dedicated database to track losses from weather disasters – without it, we're planning in the dark
Currently, New Zealand has no dedicated disaster loss database. This means we don't know how much extreme weather events and ...
Cyclone Alfred: Brisbane tourism campaign to lead bounceback
A new tourism campaign launching on Tuesday will aim to entice travellers back to Brisbane as economic data reveals the ...
How the Hawke’s Bay wine region weathered its most challenging year
AFR’s wine writer discovers a tale of two vineyards and a remarkable comeback story in the wake of the 2023 Cyclone Gabrielle ...
The Spinoff2d
Without a database to track losses from weather disasters, we’re planning in the dark
Following the Trump administration’s abrupt cuts to USAID funding last month, the online international disaster database ...
Cyclone Alfred cost to budget dwarfed by Labor’s big-spending agenda
The estimated $1.2bn cost of Cyclone Alfred is a fraction of the $731.1bn in total government spending forecast for 2024-25 ...
Travel Weekly3d
Brisbane, Gold Coast launch dual destination campaigns in wake of Alfred
Brisbane and the Gold Coast have both launched new destination campaigns in the wake of the damage caused ex Tropical Cyclone ...
Man of Many on MSN1d
Feel-Good Friday: 21 March – Bourbon, Bunnings Snags, and a Big Blackout
Another week has come and gone, which means another weekend is here to deliver us some fun stuff to do. While last week was a ...
The Conversation5d
Cyclone Alfred to cost budget $1.2 billion, hit growth and push up inflation: Chalmers
Cyclone Alfred will cost the March 25 budget ... the Scandinavian countries, Canada and New Zealand. The United States did not participate. President Donald Trump is trying to force an agreement ...
Funerals deception: Second person pleads not guilty to three charges
A second person accused in connection with ex-Tipene Funerals undertaker Fiona Bakulich’s burial scams will have his name ...
No backing down for Napier health services protest
Organisers of a rally protesting declining levels of urgent overnight health services in Napier aren’t being blunted by the Government’s “enhanced” solutio ...