- Floods, power outages and hundreds evacuated as Cyclone Vaianu lashes New Zealand’s North Island The Guardian —
- Category 3 cyclone pummels New Zealand Times Of India —
- Cyclone lashes New Zealand’s North Island, hundreds evacuated The Straits Times —
- Cyclone lashes New Zealand's North Island, hundreds evacuated The Straits Times —
- Cyclone lashes New Zealand's North Island, hundreds evacuated - Reuters Reuters —
- New Zealand braces for worst impacts as Cyclone Vaianu makes landfall ABC News —
- New Zealand braces for Cyclone Vaianu's worst impacts ABC News —
Cyclone Vaianu
Category 3 South Pacific cyclone in 2006
The 2005–06 South Pacific cyclone season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It began on November 1, 2005, and ended on April 30, 2006. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the southern Pacific Ocean east of 160°E. Additionally, the regional tropical cyclone operational plan defines a tropical cyclone year separately from a tropical cyclone season, and the "tropical cyclone year" runs from July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006.
Cyclone Vaianu hits New Zealand
New Zealand's North Island is facing severe flooding and evacuations as Cyclone Vaianu makes landfall.