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.
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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.
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
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.
'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.'
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.
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.
'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.
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.
The Hawke's Bay photographers who ran face-first at Cyclone Gabrielle
Hawke's Bay Today photographers Warren Buckland and Paul Taylor recall some of the events they covered as Cyclone Gabrielle slammed into the region.
PM announces $63m funding for Cyclone Gabrielle silt and debris removal
Urgent work to clean up cyclone-affected regions will continue, thanks to a $63m boost.
'A bit run down': Tourists at reopened winery blissfully unaware of cyclone
'It’s taken a lot of hard work by so many people to get where we are today.'
Hawke’s Bay growers say looks can be deceiving as devastated industry attempts to build back
Much of the post-cyclone cleanup is done, but horticulture still faces a long recovery.
'Rollercoaster': National abandons support for new category for flooded homeowners
An idea Ruth hoped would get her home out of the red zone was supported on campaign trail.
Auckland pensioner left homeless by floods trapped in 'bureaucratic stalemate'
A year ago, Sheryl Clarke was rescued from her flooded home. Now she just wants it fixed.
'How does that happen?' Elderly Cyclone Gabrielle victim's family hunt for answers
Helen Street died in Cyclone Gabrielle - her family want a full inquest into how and why.
Puketapu still divided geographically, but the community has never been stronger
'You work your way through it and then all of a sudden it seems like a dream.'
'This was different': The text that stopped two radio hosts in their tracks
Adam and Megan didn't know if anyone could hear them. But a flood victim was listening.
'Tomorrow is a gift': Cyclone Gabrielle survivor on life a year after partner's death in landslide
A torrent of mud killed his partner as she slept. He's determined to continue her dream.
Orua Bay House Collapse: Lucky to be alive
"Lucky to be alive and unlucky to be in a landslide" Australians Cheryl and Darren Gilroy were overcome with emotion when they visited Orua Bay a year after their bach collapsed. The couple and Cheryl's mother nearly lost their lives. Video / Dean Purcell
'It's a miracle that only 11 died' - Hawke's Bay township remembers Gabrielle
Cyclone Gabrielle destroyed parts of Rissington - but some in the hamlet are rebuilding.
Temperatures in the high 20s for cyclone anniversary
Warm, sunny weather will greet those gathering on February 14.