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Ex-Cyclone Cook has left NZ shores and the weather is looking better for the weekend.

It came, it was wild, and then it was over. Cyclone Cook has now passed New Zealand.

Councils are reviewing how NZ communities can be more prepared for future storms.

The Whakatane District Council has provided a full update on the area after Cyclone Cook.

Cyclone Cook has been one gnarly Easter egg for surfers, offering nine-foot waves today.

Aucklanders were left wondering if the big storm was a fizzer but others felt its force.

Multiple roads across the Bay of Plenty remain closed due to slips, and fallen trees.

White Island saw wind gusts of 200km/h during Cyclone Cook.

Find out what's happening in your region as Cyclone Cook sweeps in.

People choosing to self-evacuate

Residents pleased to be leaving town with huge waves now pounding the beach.

Kokohinau Marae is doing its part to help locals affected by Cyclone Cook.

Kiri Allan explains the campaign in which hunters and butchers provided 400 meat packs donations for the people affected by cyclone Cook.

Free rooms are being listed and service fees waived for those affected by the cyclone

Check out road closures before heading out of town.

MetService Georgina Griffiths gives us an update on storm's trajectory.

Officials are keen to avoid road deaths as Cyclone Cook bears down.

Here are the latest weather updates, region by region as Cyclone Cook bears down.

Accommodation across the Bay is booked out for the long weekend.

Owners of 134 businesses desperate to have access to their buildings in flood-hit town.

But Economic Development Minister Simon Bridges says it is on his agenda. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Ursula Mayo was yesterday able to see the damage done to her home by last week's flooding.

But Minister Simon Bridges says it is on the way. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Civil defence emergency declared in Thames-Coromandel, warning for Aucklanders tomorrow.

Tauranga's meth problem is spiralling into an issue bigger than the Rena disaster.

She says she rang to say the bank wasn't going to hold (made with funding from NZ On Air).

Drama captain Elsie Spiers wins UN competition in Bay while Olivia Temm places third.

Eastern Bay of Plenty schools will be advised to close tomorrow as a precaution.

She says she called multiple times to tell them the flood wall woudn't hold up - Made with funding from NZ On Air.