'Game-changer' in emergency response to storm-ravaged Gisborne - Kiri Allan
Region ‘born together, grieving together, and then pulling together’.
Region ‘born together, grieving together, and then pulling together’.
Cherie Howie looks back at the day the cyclone arrived, and changed Aotearoa forever.
Māori communities in rural areas are being left without resources to meet their needs.
There was cheering and clapping in the streets of Napier as power came on yesterday.
Scenes of destruction remain four days after deadly floods in valley north of Napier.
First up is a law change to force councils to provide more info on flooding and quakes.
The company expects there will be a surge in claims as power and services are restored.
Giant Sikorsky used for mid-air rocket snatch repurposed for aid mission.
About 20 homes evacuated in Piha last night, and an exclusion zone remains in Muriwai.
Armed police swooped in Napier last night, forcing residents to stay in.
The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle has reached nine people as emergency teams continue to search for missing people. Video / Mark Mitchell / George Heard / Mike Scott
Omahu residents are dealing with exposed graves and bones found in the debris.
The affected passengers have all been rebooked on flights, the airline says.
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Capacity constraints, rather than access to cash, to hamper the cyclone response.
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John Coates was an extremely well known local of the Te Karaka community.
"At one point she looked at me and said ‘I can’t feel my legs’."
Killed in the slip was Shona Wilson, mother of three teenagers.
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Power is set to gradually return while 4500 remain uncontactable in the Eastern District
People are urged to use beaches with lifeguards on duty and be wary of water quality.
Focus Live: PM Hipkins gives update on cyclone response. Video / NZ Herald
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks to the media after visiting search and rescue staff in the Esk Valley, Hawke's Bay. Video / Mark Mitchell
Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty speaking after talking to displaced people in Napier. Video / Mark Mitchell
'People are on the positive, optimistic side helping each other out.'
The highway between Whanganui and Raetihi remains closed due to slips and fallen trees.
Essential supplies have been dropped into cut-off communities across West Auckland.
Supplies are being delivered to communities that have been isolated by landslips and flooding, such as Piha, Karekare, Te Henga Bethells Beach, and Muriwai. Video / Auckland Emergency Management