Live: Dramatic aerial photos - horse scrambles to roof; deadly cyclone floods devastate homes
Quarter of a million people were left without power yesterday, entire communities cut off.
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Wairoa completely cut off - has only one day's food, Civil Defence says
Civil Defence staff have managed to get an update out from the isolated town.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Flights through Auckland Airport resume
After a stuttering start, services are being restored but some cancellations persist.
Amazing photo: Boatie in mammoth seas saved by rescuers during heart of cyclone
Rescuers tried for day and a half to save boatie. Eventually it took a navy frigate.
Woman confirmed dead after landslip in Hawke's Bay, second body found at Napier beach
A woman has died after a bank collapsed onto her home in northern Hawke's Bay.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Trees, slips close Parapara
Multiple trees and slips have come down on the Parapara overnight.
'I’m so lucky’: Woman escapes with minor injuries as tree crushes cabin
Lyric Godsmark saw the tree fall and thought ‘wow, this is going to be really bad’.
Watch: Frightening moment bridge bends, breaks away from road in seconds
"We noticed the bridge bowing. I thought 's**t' it's going to go!"
Cyclone destruction revealed, East Coast cut off & Canadian UFO shot down | Focus Morning Bulletin: 15 February, 2023
How Cyclone Gabrielle shook the North Island, rebels release footage of captured Kiwi pilot and the US responds after shooting down another unidentified object in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
72 hours of hell – how Cyclone Gabrielle shook the North Island
Cyclone Gabrielle lived up to its forecast as the worst storm this century.
Editorial: A national state of urgency
OPINION: Our editorial on the ferocious scale of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Juha Saarinen: We weren’t prepared for this cyclone, but we need to be in future
Opinion: The climate emergency is hitting home hard, writes Juha Saarinen.
Cyclone Gabrielle: ‘Significant disaster’ sparks National State of Emergency
Northland was the first place in New Zealand to feel the cyclone's wrath.
Live: Heroism and tragedy: Plucked from the floodwaters - incredible rooftop rescues; one woman found dead after slip
Chris Hipkins labels storm ‘worst this century’
Hawke’s Bay’s day of horror: We thought we were grazing a bullet, until it spun around a corner
OPINION: The water drenched us, the power cut crippled us.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Body found washed up on Hawke’s Bay beach
Hawke’s Bay authorities, meanwhile, are struggling to cope with Cyclone Gabrielle impacts.
Watch: Heartbreak as historic Auckland surf lifesaving club washes down river
"There's our deck going down": Mother nature devastates West Auckland club's home.
Family escape home seconds before it's destroyed by landslide
My husband looked back and saw the house slide off the hillside.
Local Focus: Is Whanganui ready for floods?
Mayor Andrew Tripe and WDC emergency manager Tim Crowe discuss civil defence.
‘Lost everything’: Muriwai resident's home destroyed in major slip
Auckland woman distressed and in shock after losing her home in the storm last night.
Steve Braunias: The good, the bad and the ugly of Cyclone Gabrielle
Poor, fragile, eroding, drenched, crushed, once was staggeringly beautiful Auckland.
Watch: Huge tree wiped out in Epsom, Auckland
A huge tree comes down in Epsom, Manukau Road. Video / Supplied
Chaos for flyers again: Auckland Airport flights suspended because of ground-handling safety fears
Four domestic services were able arrive at the airport today as winds disrupted travel.
Watch: Horrific flooding in Hawke's Bay from above
An aerial view shows extensive flooding in the Hawke's Bay region. Video / Photography by Corena
'It’s been a tough day': Race to evacuate Kaipara residents before high tide
Hundreds of Dargaville residents have been evacuated as the town braces for high tide.
Waipapa family ‘traumatised’ after trees crash on to home
Son Liam hit on head by falling ceiling; branch punches hole in roof.
Cyclone Gabrielle: $2b kiwifruit industry right in path of storm
Fruit quality woes could intensify as Cyclone Gabrielle hits premium growing regions.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Govt relaxes lending rules for emergency finance
CCCFA laws tweaked to help peopleaffected by cyclone and floods get overdrafts and loans.
Claire Trevett: The challenge ahead for PM Hipkins’ handling of Cyclone Gabrielle
OPINION: So far so good - Hipkins knows a thing or two from Covid about crisis governing.
Watch: Workers trapped on roof in Hastings for hours
People in a worker scheme in Hastings have been trapped on a roof since 8am this morning. Video / NZ Herald
'Our hearts are with you' - rescuers' harrowing call to leave missing firefighter; Napier under water
Hardest hit regions may be without power for weeks.
‘We aren’t out of the woods yet’: Minister's cyclone warning to Parliament
All parties supported the declaration of the national state of emergency.
Whangārei family's home becomes an island after slip causes major flooding
Mud and water is flowing across Whareora Road as Cyclone Gabrielle causes disruption.
'Worst experience' in 20 years: Lengthy power outages stop farmers milking cows
Cows across the Northland region have gone days without being milked.