Sea and shoreline searches under way in Napier
All the latest developments from Sunday following Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Rebuild from Gabrielle underway, Hawke's Bay gang crime & Turkey moves from rescue to recovery | Focus Morning Bulletin: 20 February, 2023
The Government looks overseas for help in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, police crackdown as arrests are made for looting and rescue efforts dwindle in Turkey and Syria in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
$4m raised! ASB’s massive donation for Red Cross/NZ Herald/NZME campaign
Donation follows huge community support for fundraiser.
'Cruel': 59 arrests for looting, dishonesty; police crack down as residents build road blocks
More than 100 officers from throughout New Zealand have joined those in Eastern District.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Cabinet meets to decide cyclone recovery package
Chris Hipkins warn the cyclone recovery will be a steep mountain to climb.
Editorial: Challenges and questions ahead after Gabrielle
How will improvements be paid for? And how do we build back better?
Horizons continues to support most impacted by cyclone
The council are supporting district and city councils, recovery agencies and iwi.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Responding to the trauma
OPINION: New Zealanders will be affected by this disaster, here's how to cope.
Whanganui Mayor launches cyclone relief fund
The fund was set up on Saturday and was already receiving a positive response.
Exclusive: Wayne Brown on taking a back seat to Desley and who leaked 'drongo' comment
The idea he was asleep at the helm is completely wrong, says Wayne Brown.
This little piggy went to bed, in a flooded muddy bedroom it’s claimed as its own
Sometimes flood stories can sound a lot like fairytales.
'Cyclone Strength': Retailer apologises after complaints over advertising
Complaints after advertising for Bed, Bath and Beyond uses cyclone to sell goods.
‘We don’t know when we’ll see them again’: Tearful farmers, parents pay thousands to evacuate kids by chopper
One Mum paid more than $7000 to fly her two daughters out to safety.
Live: 3200 still 'missing'; 59 arrests for looting, dishonesty - PM speaks on the rebuild
The Prime Minister delivers the latest on the cyclone's aftermath.
Focus: Communities paying privately for helicopter supply drops
Communities are really pulling together in the cyclone response but have been forced to pay for private choppers to get in supplies to Patoka and surrounding communities. Video / Mike Scott
Cyclone Gabrielle: Roads still closed in Northland, Auckland and Coromandel
More than 80 roads are still completely closed in Auckland after the cyclone.
Watch: Wairoa bridge near to collapse due to slash build-up
Tiniroto bridge in Wairoa is near to collapse due to slash build-up. Video / Tish Peterson
Tales from a power cut: The elderly Napier couple desperate for their toast fix
Several Napier suburbs will get power back soon, but one elderly couple is making do.
'Everyone needs to have patience': When will Napier have power?
Napier MP Stuart Nash has called on the community to be patient.
Basic fibre restored for Gisborne after last-minute digger blunder
Telco boss calls blunder disheartening for crews working 24/7. Telcos offer free data.
Gisborne homeowners inches from record-breaking landslide
Gisborne homeowners inches from record-breaking landslide. Video / George Heard
Focus: Stand up with Grant Robertson on flood response
Stand-up with Finance Minister Grant Robertson, Primary Industries Minister Damien O'Connor and Police Minister Stuart Nash at Taylor Corp Orchard and Packhouse at Waiohiki. Video / Mark Mitchell
Cyclone Gabrielle generosity: Football family rallies around Hawke’s Bay kids
Football gear donations and fundraising drive launched to help battling Hawke's Bay kids.
Cat and owner reunited after cyclone
The cat was checked by a vet and was “as healthy as anything”.
Esk Valley heroes: The ‘three Māori boys’ who came to the rescue with their jetboat
Rikki and Mikey Kihi hopped in their mate Morehu Maxwell's jetboat without hesitation.
Emotional toll mounting in Wairoa: 'Lots of desperate people'
Wairoa was devastated by the cyclone with many left homeless and a mammoth clean-up ahead.
Watch: Furry friends find safe haven at Hastings Racecourse after cyclone
Hastings racecourse becomes a hub for animal help and household donations.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Who are the 11 known victims?
Two more deaths were confirmed by police this morning, taking toll to 11.
'So special': Widow's priceless treasure rescued from cyclone-destroyed home
Family, friends rally around widow whose Esk Valley home was destroyed by cyclone.
More 'rogue' politicians needed in Napier
OPINION: They are well-intentioned but do little to rattle political cages or shake trees.
'We could come across people yet': Napier coastline search under way
Search and rescue teams have been scouring kilometres of slash and debris on the coast.
Mary Holm’s cyclone diary: Life with the five ‘No’s
'The loo situation became dire. I put buckets in the car and drove to a local pond.'
Aerial photos show scale of disaster in Gisborne
Civil Defence is running fly-overs of Tairāwhiti to assess the cyclone damage.
Esk Valley trio rescue survivors from flood waters in jet boat
Esk Valley trio rescue survivors from flood waters in jet boat. Video / Supplied