Emergencies

The Auckland Emergency Management website www.aem.org.nz  has information on waste collection options and is being updated regularly. The following summary is correct as of 9am.

We are working with Civil Defence Centres to ensure they have the supplies they need. Civil Defence Centres are unable to accept any more donated goods. We kindly ask the community to refrain from taking goods directly to Civil Defence Centres. We understand this seems like a good idea, but … Read more

Overnight, we’ve had no reports of habitable floors being flooded. There were 126 requests for service – 47% of those were in the North, 45% were central, 7% in the South. Last night, MetService extended the timing of the severe weather warnings we have in place, bringing the red warning … Read more

Kia ora, I hope you are all safe in the Auckland region. Our Avondale and Sth Auckland offices will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday – Due to the weather and the roads. Our staff will be working from home. Please get in touch with us if you need support, information … Read more

Auckland principals say the Education Ministry has ordered a week-long shut down of all of the region’s education organisations. They say all Auckland schools, early childhood services and tertiary institutes must remain shut for physical instruction until 7 February. Principals were told the instruction was issued after the National Emergency … Read more

The State of Emergency has been lifted for the Waitomo District by Waitomo District Mayor John Robertson at 9.37am this morning. The State of Emergency declaration came into effect on Saturday evening and was initially to last seven days. However, after a review of the weather forecast, a risk analysis … Read more

Overnight we saw extensive surface flooding, recording up to 60mm of rain in the north. We received 148 requests for flood-related issues, two of which were to do with house flooding. FENZ had 30 call outs overnight and there were a number of landslips recorded including a significant one in … Read more

Heavy rain watch for today Building inspections Cleaning up after a flood

Hi I’m Lara from Deaf Aotearoa, I have some key information to share. I hope the Deaf community are safe in the affected areas Auckland, Waitomo District, BoP, if you need support or info, there is a list of agencies and their contact details attached for you. The NZ Relay … Read more