How we're remembering the anniversary of the cyclone
Commemorations in Hawke's Bay honour those who lost loved ones and livelihoods.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromCyclone Gabrielle
'Like a photograph': Horror night still vivid in memories of West Auckland families
Seth Smith can still see that tragic night in Muriwai like it was 'a photograph.'
'Hero phase': Mental health fallout from cyclone to be felt for years
'What is most important is to keep that strong sense of community.'
The scale of it all: Lessons learned from the Red Cross NZ Disaster Relief Fund
The scale of the disaster took the Red Cross team by surprise.
'I didn't want to drown': 82yo crocheted for hours in caravan swept away by floodwaters
Laughter has been one of Cyclone Gabrielle survivor's coping strategies a year on
One year on, we remember them: The 11 people who died in Cyclone Gabrielle
Eleven people lost their lives. Today, we remember them with names, photos and tributes.
Remembering the victims of Cyclone Gabrielle
Remembering the 11 people who died during Cyclone Gabrielle last year. Video / BBC / ITV / 7 News / Fox News / SKY News
Solving a school's mould muddle: When the flooding subsided, it was just the beginning
Nūhaka School will be rebuilt after damage from the cyclone revealed hidden issues.
'Never seen anything like it': Wairoa maize farmer recalls storm's anniversary
'My Red Bands were not enough to walk around in, it was a struggle'.
'It is not easy': Cyclone Gabrielle survivors still searching for new homes a year on
'Every time it rained I put headphones on and listened to 'Here Comes the Sun'.'
Remembering Gabrielle: Coromandel still recovering from cyclone
Summer has finally arrived in New Zealand - unlike a year ago.
Swept away: How 82-year-old crocheter survivor Cyclone Gabrielle
As her caravan was swept away by raging floodwaters in Esk Valley, Pam Yarnold pulled out her crochet needles and got to work. Video / Neil Reid
The kind-hearted footballers who ditched the pitch to help Cyclone Gabrielle recovery
When wild weather hit, generous players swapped their football boots for gumboots.
Inside the Rovers: The Darkest Days
Kind-hearted Napier City Rovers footballers ditched their playing boots for gumboots and helped out with the Cyclone Gabrielle clean-up. Video / Neil Reid
Cyclone Gabrielle: Floods from Foley house roof top
Garry Foley and Heather Bates provided shelter in their ceiling for the Collins family moments after youngest daughter Ivy was swept away by flood rapids. Video / Supplied
'My daughter didn’t need to die': Mum of 2-year-old swept away
A neighbour's harrowing account of what happened after Ivy Collins was swept away.
Cyclone Gabrielle: First came the rain, then destruction and death
Cyclone Gabrielle forever changed the lives of many in Hawke's Bay a year ago.
Cyclone Gabrielle: What we’ve learned about NZ’s monster storm
It’s been a year since NZ saw its worst storm in decades. What have we learned about it?
Fallen Muriwai firefighters honoured one year on
Muriwai firefighters Dave van Zwanenberg and Craig Stevens were honoured at a ceremony one year after their deaths during Cyclone Gabrielle.
'Everyone is in a different boat' - insurance issues linger a year on from the cyclone
Premiums continue to rise, as insurers move further towards address-level pricing.
Muriwai firefighters honoured a year after dying in landslide
The pair died while responding to a landslide as Cyclone Gabrielle tore through.
'More vulnerable now': Flood risk worry for grower after Cyclone Gabrielle
'My father set up this business about 50 years ago and we’re starting from the bottom.'
How can we make sense of a year like 2023?
Opinion: For many of us in Muriwai it felt like a bad dream we can’t believe was real.
Hawke's Bay: Where can you commemorate Cyclone Gabrielle's anniversary
Here's where you can go to unite and show support a year on from the disaster.
Focus: Cyclone Gabrielle one year on
Communities across the country look back on the biggest storm to hit New Zealand this century. Video / Corey Fleming / Zoe McIntosh / Getty Images
Opinion: How Gabrielle made us rethink rain, fall in love with diesel
Cometh the hour, cometh the generator.
'They just swerved around': The whistler who saved a herd of swimming cows
'I was calling them out of sheer panic. They started coming towards my voice.'
Celebrating volunteers a year after Cyclone Gabrielle's devastation
It was a big day out at the showgrounds.
Hawke’s Bay in brief: Aerial imagery taken of Tukituki year on from cyclone
Aerial imagery is being taken of the Tukituki catchment at 87 randomly selected sites.
First in the sky over 'a war zone': How an orchardist rescued 150 people with a chopper
Cam Taylor had no search and rescue expertise, but his community needed saving.
T&G Global full-year loss forecast balloons over insurance claim 'complexity'
The firm's FY23 loss before tax is expected to be double what was previously anticipated.
Cyclone Gabrielle one year on: How Northland is picking up the pieces
Even though a year has passed, remnants of the storm's destruction remain.
Cyclone rebuild of Hawke’s Bay will be a decade in the making
Projects are lined up in order of priority and will start as, and when, the funds arrive.
'We’re going to get trapped': The news photographers who drove head-first into a cyclone
Paul Taylor and Warren Buckland found themselves surrounded by furious floods and history.