'Utter devastation' of forestry areas hampers power companies
Thousands of people will have to make do without power in southern Lake Taupō communities.
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Latest from Cyclone Gabrielle
Local MP shares video of Hawke's Bay flooding from helicopter
Flooding from Napier to Hastings seen from a helicopter. Video / Anna Lorck
Defence Force and police descend on cyclone’s devastation in Hawke's Bay
Air Force helicopters and Army Unimogs are being used in Hawke's Bay rescues.
‘We burst into tears when we saw it’: Parts of Napier still being evacuated
Flooded community "all in the same boat".
Cyclone Gabrielle: Defence Force deployed in Coromandel
The region has experienced slips and land instability, compromising its road network.
Cyclone could delay start to Otago academic year
Cyclone Gabrielle's fallout could make it harder for students to get to uni on time.
Sky full of 'flights to nowhere' during Auckland's rough flight restart
The tail of Cyclone Gabrielle caused chaos yesterday with 14 international diversions.
'Pretty brutal out there': 9000 out of homes in storm-ravaged Hawke's Bay
What you need to know about the devastation in Hawke's Bay.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Most households reconnected to power in Rotorua
Rotorua woke to fallen trees, school closures, a burst water main, power outages.
From the sky: Photos reveal destruction at Muriwai, Piha
Incredible new photos in Auckland show the devastation left behind by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Cyclone will have ‘very significant’ cost - Treasury
Treasury is warning the cyclone clean-up will come with a cost - and change the Budget.
Families make desperate pleas to know if Hawke's Bay-based loved ones are safe
Police have set up an online tool to help families find missing people.
Focus: Christopher Luxon speaks at evacuation centre in West Auckland
National Party leader Christopher Luxon visits the Civil Defence Evacuation Centre at The Trusts Arena in West Auckland and speaks about what he has witnessed from Cyclone Gabrielle. Video / NZ Herald
Napier Art Deco Festival 2023 cancelled
The world-class event has been disrupted for a third-year running.
Residents salvage storm-damaged part of SH2 between Napier and Wairoa
Residents try to salvage storm-damaged part of State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa. Video / Rosie Tong / Joe Warburton
'We've been through hell': Harrowing stories of floods survivors
Alastair Needes and other survivors tell of their close calls with rising flood waters.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Latest on Tairāwhiti Gisborne
Properties in Gisborne being assessed for storm damage, people asked to save water.
Focus: Muriwai slips following Cyclone Gabrielle
Devastating slips at Muriwai following Cyclone Gabrielle. Video / George Heard
Cyclone Gabrielle: how microgrids could help keep the power on during extreme weather events
THE CONVERSATION: There has been widespread damage to the power network.
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.
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.
Cyclone Gabrielle: ‘Significant disaster’ sparks National State of Emergency
Northland was the first place in New Zealand to feel the cyclone's wrath.
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.
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.