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.
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Latest fromCyclone Gabrielle
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
Focus: Rescuer describes emotional scene finding flood survivors
Rescuer describes emotional scene finding flood survivors. Video / Mike Scott
Watch: Tearful sisters reunite as isolated Hawke’s Bay villages struggle without help
The road had become unpassable in the cyclone - until a local forestry gang stepped in.
Watch: Tearful sisters reunite as isolated Hawke’s Bay villages still without help
Emotional scenes as two sisters are reunited after Cyclone Gabrielle smashed through a bridge in rural Hawke’s Bay, dividing the community. Video / Mike Scott / Ella Wilks
Cost of produce set to increase after cyclone damage, Agricultural Minister warns
Warning follows $4m aid announcement. Kumara shortage looms.
Auckland city tower collapse fears: ‘From doing nothing to over-reacting’ - evacuated residents frustrated
Residents next to a tower deemed a safety risk say they've been complaining for years.
'It sounded like an earthquake': Parents left isolated with newborn after landslide destroys access
”It was unbelievable where the river had been and how high it was."
Shaneel Lal: We need radical change in the face of radical disasters
We are contributing to our demise. But not all equally.
Paula Bennett: The broken, the bruised and the guilty
How can I feel flat and over it all when I wasn’t directly affected by the cyclone?
Focus: Minister for Emergency Management surveys devastated rural areas
Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty surveyed devastated rural areas in the Tararua and Central Hawke's Bay districts today. Video / Mark Mitchell
Focus: Residents in flood-ravaged Wairoa cut-off
Residents in the cut-off town of Wairoa describe the moment Cyclone Gabrielle hit. Video / George Heard
As an 81yo and her caravan were swept away in the flood, she turned to what she loved: Her crocheting
81-year-old tells of miracle Cyclone Gabrielle survival after caravan swept away
Focus: Locals fear looters in flood-stricken Puketapu
Community meeting in Puketapu with residents wanting to set up roadblocks. Video / Mike Scott
Grieving community fears weapons will be used as looting prompts roadblocks
Looters were discovered late last night in Puketapu west of Napier.