Latest from Cyclone Gabrielle

Coastal v inland: Councillors clash over HB flood protection priorities

Jerf van Beek says Neil Kirton is standing on a 'political sulk box'.

Councils of flood hit areas invest in flood barriers as extra security

Each 14.5m Ark tube replaces about 160 traditional sandbags.

Eleven Ōmāhu home owners get green light to stay after Gabrielle flooding

'For close to two years, we couldn’t come home because of the uncertainty.'

Mercia's plea: Why Hawke's Bay should continue to donate to Red Cross

Mercia Paaymans' family lost 20 vehicles: 'They were the only entity who came and helped'.

Flood protection work turns tap water brown, council promises fix

Plans for a replacement water source for Esk Valley and Whirinaki are underway.

‘My father, my role model, my hero’: Son rallies to support dad through stage four cancer

Keith Hartley, 68, was diagnosed with stage 4 blood cancer in October 2025.

Tractor convoy helps cyclone-hit rural schoolkids learn to calm anxiety

'If we have real bad weather or real bad rain, I can see the trauma on their faces.'

Bremworth’s Napier mill returns to three shifts a day as some wool jobs come back

'We control our quality better here, as opposed to processing NZ woollen yarn overseas.'

Groyne proposed for Wairoa River mouth, cost would be more than $12m

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little says a groyne is needed to avoid flooding and is a 'no brainer'.