Auckland flooding

IAG New Zealand CEO says insurers need to ‘balance out the bad years with the good’ as the insurer reports a 15% increase in annual gross written premium to $4 billion and an annual insurance profit of $500.7 million

IAG New Zealand CEO says insurers need to ‘balance out the bad years with the good’ as the insurer reports a 15% increase in annual gross written premium to $4 billion and an annual insurance profit of $500.7 million

Insurance Council says about three quarters of the $3.6 billion of claims for the massive weather events earlier this year have now been paid

Insurance Council says about three quarters of the $3.6 billion of claims for the massive weather events earlier this year have now been paid

Insurance Council says a little over a third of claims have so far been paid out for the twin weather events early this year; warns some claims could take over a year to settle

Insurance Council says a little over a third of claims have so far been paid out for the twin weather events early this year; warns some claims could take over a year to settle

NZ inflation 0.4% higher as a result of North Island weather events: Treasury estimate

NZ inflation 0.4% higher as a result of North Island weather events: Treasury estimate

'It's getting really hard for me': Auckland businesses still counting the cost of a woeful summer

'It's getting really hard for me': Auckland businesses still counting the cost of a woeful summer

Insurance Council says the amounts claimed so far for the Auckland flood and Cyclone Gabrielle have now topped the amounts claimed for the Kaikoura earthquake

Insurance Council says the amounts claimed so far for the Auckland flood and Cyclone Gabrielle have now topped the amounts claimed for the Kaikoura earthquake

Allan Barber surveys farmers in areas of lower Northland who have suffered horrific stock, infrastructure and land damage. Rural isolation in the area has been partly because their roading infrastructure has been left to deteriorate

Allan Barber surveys farmers in areas of lower Northland who have suffered horrific stock, infrastructure and land damage. Rural isolation in the area has been partly because their roading infrastructure has been left to deteriorate

Insurance Council says about $111 million of insurance support has already been paid as part of what will be 'a long recovery' from the Auckland flood, while about 30,000 claims have already been lodged as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle

Insurance Council says about $111 million of insurance support has already been paid as part of what will be 'a long recovery' from the Auckland flood, while about 30,000 claims have already been lodged as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle

Allan Barber calls for a 'coalition cabinet' to deal with the sheer scale of the weather disasters that effectively put us on a 'war footing'

Allan Barber calls for a 'coalition cabinet' to deal with the sheer scale of the weather disasters that effectively put us on a 'war footing'

For Chris Hipkins and Labour, the state highway to October has been rendered impassable by inaction and political slash. Christopher Luxon and National, meanwhile, have discovered an unsealed road without slips and fallen trees

For Chris Hipkins and Labour, the state highway to October has been rendered impassable by inaction and political slash. Christopher Luxon and National, meanwhile, have discovered an unsealed road without slips and fallen trees

Terry Baucher looks at what the taxman can do for people hard hit by Cyclone Gabrielle and recent flooding

Terry Baucher looks at what the taxman can do for people hard hit by Cyclone Gabrielle and recent flooding

Landslides and law: Cyclone Gabrielle raises serious questions about where we’ve been allowed to build

Landslides and law: Cyclone Gabrielle raises serious questions about where we’ve been allowed to build

Katharine Moody probes how planning might respond to help disaster recovery, to prevent future tragedy and incorporate lessons from recent extreme weather events

Katharine Moody probes how planning might respond to help disaster recovery, to prevent future tragedy and incorporate lessons from recent extreme weather events

What Australia learned from recent devastating floods and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now

What Australia learned from recent devastating floods and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now

NZ cities urgently need to become ‘spongier’ – but system change will be expensive, Alex Lo & Faith Chan say

NZ cities urgently need to become ‘spongier’ – but system change will be expensive, Alex Lo & Faith Chan say