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'Drinking from the age of two': Man jailed for violent assault at tangi
Court told that main aggressor had been drinking alcohol since the age of two.
Home by Christmas: The one wish of widow whose home was decimated in cyclone
Sylvia Bell one of an estimated 130 Wairoa residents unable to return home after cyclone.
Cheer amid despair: How $10.3m Lotto win brought joy to cyclone-ravaged Wairoa
A massive Lotto win gave Wairoa residents something to celebrate after a 'tough year'.
Cyclone mystery: The missing man and the stolen car tyres
Five months has now passed since Joseph Ahuriri's disappearance during Cyclone Gabrielle
Five months gone, still no sign of Joseph Ahuriri and his truck
Five months of searching has found no sign of Joseph Ahuriri.
Dramatic rescue: Kiwi surf champ in ICU after wipeout
Surfing legend Maz Quinn suffered spinal injuries in the accident.
Affco fined $500,000 over worker’s ‘wholly avoidable’ death in freezer
A frame full of offal cartons fell and fatally crushed Alfred Edwards.
State of emergency: More heavy rain for Gisborne area
Civil Defence warns the weather will worsen Friday afternoon.
$1b bill for Govt and councils to buy out cyclone-hit homes
Zoning maps will reveal what Hawke’s Bay communities could be deemed unliveable.
‘Outrageous’: $9m of cyclone business support in Hawke’s Bay not spent
The number of grants paid hadn't been finalised, but leftover money would be returned.
$10m for clean-up of woody debris good start but more needed: council
The forestry industry could still be made to help cover costs of the clean-up.
Stopbanks, roads and local response key factors in $941m pre-Budget cyclone relief
Government earmarks nearly $1 billion for cyclone recovery, announced in Hawke's Bay.
The slash report: Call for halt to production forestry in erosion zones
A report says there are just 5-10 years to "turn this environmental disaster around".
Interactive map shows bird's-eye view of flooding, silt damage in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti
Map was created by Dragonfly Data Science in partnership with Social Wellbeing Agency.
Kiri Allan speaks on Meka Whaitiri meeting; waka-jumping law not triggered
The bombshell news was confirmed by Meka Whaitiri this morning.
Vanished in the cyclone: Where is Joseph Ahuriri?
Joseph Ahuriri's planned several-hour trip to Napier is now a missing persons case.
Easter weather: What's in store for the long weekend
The South Island also woke to a cold and frosty morning to kick off the long weekend.
Calls intensify for wider Hawke’s Bay slash inquiry after sacking and resignation
"We still need to understand what caused the damage; how to avoid this happening again."
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tourists 'key' to rebooting economy, council's multimillion-dollar weekly roading spend
Documents have revealed more of the cost of Cyclone Gabrielle and the recovery phase.
Red Cross donating $1 million to Wairoa community
Generous Kiwis have so far donated more than $18 million to the fund.
Red Cross lays out what your Cyclone Gabrielle aid donations are spent on
Free psychological first aid is among the assistance enabled by Kiwis' huge generosity.
Rangitata completes first ‘blue highway’ trip with meat and squash on board
The Rangitata made its first stocked voyage from Gisborne to Napier on Wednesday.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Road destruction set to hit Heartland rugby heroes hard
Rugby - a unifying force on the East Coast - will be hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle damage.
New emergency shipping route a ‘lifeline’ for Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne
New route a lifeline for hard-hit economies.
Family brings in psychic to find Joseph Ahuriri
Whānau of missing Gisborne man seek psychic's power to locate him.
Cyclone Gabrielle damage to Tairāwhiti farms estimated at $80m
Survey reveals the cost of recovery is more than the region can bear without support.
Air NZ extends flights between flood-hit Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne
The service has kept the two regions connected while State Highway 2 remains closed.
New footage emerges, fresh clues on movements of missing Joseph Ahuriri
The man's daughter pleaded for anyone in the area with security cameras to contact her.
Cyclone refugees: Couple to live in caravan for a year, others to rebuild from the ground up
Reality is sinking in for the thousands who lost homes and businesses in the disaster.
'We are going to miss you dearly': Who are the 11 victims of Cyclone Gabrielle?
Two more deaths were confirmed by police this morning, taking the toll to 11.
Severe thunderstorm watch: Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Bay of Plenty, Taupō could get lashed today
“These thunderstorms will bring localised heavy rain and small hail."
750 buildings condemned after January floods, Cyclone Gabrielle
Hundreds of buildings have been red-stickered and thousands yellow or white-stickered.
Slash inquiry: Forestry boss says Nash’s industry ties could be ‘impediment’
Stuart Nash says the scale of the debris is "completely unacceptable".