One person dead, pedestrian thrown onto road, fires sparked amid furious winds | Stuff.co.nz

Falling trees have killed a man in Wellington and hospitalised a person in Wairarapa as the country was battered by severe winds of up to 120 kilometres per hour. Thousands of properties across the Lower North Island are without power, along with hundreds in North Canterbury. Meanwhile, multiple buildings and homes have been damaged and people have been urged to evacuate north of Kaikoura where firefighters are battling vegetation fires. Imogen Wells begins the coverage. Timestamps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0:00 - Intro 0:38 - A day of weather chaos 3:37 - Weather in Canterbury 5:01 - Weather forecast For full coverage visit www.Stuff.co.nz Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff is New Zealand's largest and most popular news site. With more than 500 journalists spread from Northland to Southland, we cover breaking news, politics, business, sport, crime, the environment, health, education, home and property, food, lifestyle, entertainment, weather, travel, technology, motoring, farming and much more. As well as covering the stories of the day, we specialise in investigative journalism, opinion and analysis, and long-form writing and visual storytelling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social media channels: TikTok:   / nzstuff   Instagram:   / nzstuff