Weather
Cyclone Gabrielle: Waipawa evacuations and no water
200 people remain out of their homes in the central Hawkes Bay town of Waipawa after they were evacuated yesterday. The Tukituki River is receding and assessments on the homes will be made later… Audio
Search back on for missing firefighter at Muriwai
The search continues for a volunteer firefighter missing since Monday night when he was caught in a landslide in Muriwai. He was was checking flooding in a property on Motutara Road when the property… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Forestry industry backs inquiry into slash
Forest owners in the Tolaga Bay area have come in for stinging criticism from locals as logs and silt clog farms, rivers and beaches for the second time in recent weeks, and the third time in the last… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Is there a break in the weather?
Cyclone Gabrielle is moving off to the east of New Zealand - and the sun is reportedly peeking through in many flood-hit areas. For an update on what we can expect from the weather over the next few… Audio
Defence Force working on getting supplies to cut-off Wairoa
Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty says the Defence Force is working to get food and water to Wairoa in Hawke's Bay. Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: What's the situation with supermarket supplies?
Cyclone Gabrielle: Foodstuffs CEO Chris Quin Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hastings District Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst
Sandra joins Kathryn to talk about today's focus in the Hastings District - finding those residents who are still stranded and vulnerable. Access across the area remains a challenge, including across… Audio
Gisborne farmers grapple with destruction & no communication
Toby Williams is Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chairperson who farms at Whangara, between Tolaga Bay and Gisborne. He's managed to get Starlink to restore some of his communication ability, but… Audio
'Like a river': Workers stranded on roof for hours as floodwaters rise
One of the rescued orchard workers in Hawke's Bay filmed the moment a helicopter plucked them to safety.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Evacuations in Te Awa Estate, Napier
Residents in Napier's Te Awa Estate near Marine Parade have been told to evacuate immediately due to rising flood waters. Civil Defence says this covers Kenny Drive north to Hurunui Drive. Civil… Audio
Napier mayor Kirsten Wise
Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise is in Napier, at the city's Emergency Operation Centre Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: East Coast MP and Minister Kiritapu Allan
Communities up and down the East Coast remain cut off this morning with no way of knowing how they're faring in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. Communication is down, State Highway 35 - the main… Audio
Northland cleans up after Cyclone Gabrielle
Dargaville and Whangarei were the Northland towns worst affected by ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle.
Evacuations and road closures continued yesterday as the storm's tentacles moved away from the… Audio
'No one has given up hope': Search continues for trapped firefighter in Muriwai
Fire and Emergency have removed a large quantity of soil and debris and deconstructed a house piece by piece as the search continues for a trapped firefighter in Muriwai.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hastings Mayor update
Thousands of people are still out of their homes - from Tairāwhiti to Hawke's Bay and Tararua on the eastern coast and Dargaville, Muriwai, Piha and Karekare in the west - as Cyclone Gabrielle leaves… Audio
Helicopters rescue hundreds from rooftops in flood-stricken Hawke's Bay
A Hastings helicopter pilot has described the mad dash to rescue people trapped on roofs across the Hawke's Bay as Cyclone Gabrielle caused rivers to burst, completely submerging some homes.
Cyclone Gabrielle easing in severity but moving away slowly
MetService says all wind warnings across the North Island have now gone, but there are some warning still in place for the top of the South Island.
Metservice's Head of Weather Communications Lisa… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Orchardist spends night in attic
Hawkes Bay was one of the hardest hit regions in yesterday's floods, with crops swallowed by water and people stranded in their homes.
Among them is Jonty Moffet an orchardist in the Hastings'… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Gisborne situation update
The Gisborne Mayor says newspapers will be delivered to all residents in Gisborne today with an urgent conserve water notice.
Internet is down in Tairāwhiti.
Mayor Rehette Stoltz says the region… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Transpower on network resilience
In Hastings and Napier, around 60,000 people are without power and it's expected to be days or weeks before power is returned to all customers.
Transpower announced a national grid emergency… Audio
