Locals guard diggers, trucks fixing Napier highway amid looting fears
Several slips have caused large sections of State Highway 5 to fall away.
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Eskdale family survive deadly floods after breaking boat out of shed
Rawinia Gray and her family clung to a small boat to escape the Esk Valley floods.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Deliveries go off with military precision
Inside the Civil Defence and military-run distribution centre.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Health warning issued over dust, floodwaters
People are being warned of the health risk from dry silt becoming airborne.
Kiwi businesses' generous donations to Red Cross/NZ Herald/NZME campaign
Donations follow huge community support for fundraiser.
Focus: Labour respond to Maureen Pugh's climate change comment
PM Chris Hipkins and Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty respond to National MP Maureen Pugh's comments she is ‘waiting on the evidence’ to show Cyclone Gabrielle was influenced by human actions. Video / NZ Herald
Cyclone Gabrielle: Aerial angels descend on rural areas
One Taupō company is taking to the skies to provide much-needed aid to Hawke's Bay.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Donations, goodwill sent from around NZ
Hawke's Bay Civil Defence said it had been so inundated with bedding, it can't take more.
How Coromandel locals pulled together after Cyclone Gabrielle
How two cut-off towns pulled together to help one another in the cyclone aftermath.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Call for amnesty so overstayers can help with cyclone clean-up
Overstayers in affected areas may fear coming forward in case they get sent home.
Floods: What NZ can learn from Australia about disaster relief
The flooding in both countries both broke records and were repeat events.
Focus: Luxon reacts to Maureen Pugh refusing to say she believes in man-made climate change
National Party leader Christoper Luxon reveals his playbook for Cyclone Gabrielle recovery, and responds to his MP Maureen Pugh refusing to say she believes in man-made climate change. Video / NZ Herald
Focus: PM Hipkins says managed retreat possible for Cyclone Gabrielle hit communities
PM Chris Hipkins says communities may have to make some 'tough calls about managed retreat' following the destruction from Cyclone Gabrielle. Video / NZ Herald
Looters take 'whatever was left undestroyed' at Napier Golf Club
It wasn't just floodwaters that ravaged the Napier Golf Club.
Zoe Hunter: When one region is hurting, others need to step up
There are already examples of help flowing from the Bay of Plenty to cyclone-hit regions.
'Catastrophic effect on visitors': Coromandel businesses hurting after five summer storms
"I have been living on my overdraft, and this is supposed to be the height of the season."
'Massive' job ahead for cyclone recovery, forestry future uncertain & truancy officers return | Focus Morning Bulletin: 21 February, 2023
The millions announced for Cyclone Gabrielle recovery, the future of forestry in flood-hit regions remains uncertain and truancy officers return to schools in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Cyclone Gabrielle and a tale of two cities
OPINION: A Napier mother of two details the blows of Mother Nature, and finds hope.
Truck and trailer units banned from Cove Rd
A major blockage on Cove Rd prompted a ban by Civil Defence.
Opinion: Govt risks losing rural Kiwis left to fight Gabrielle on their own
Rural communities have gone days without support.
'We are very lucky': Tangoio Marae takes the brunt of the storm
Its floors have been coated in a knee-deep sea of mud.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Napier records second-wettest day ever
'Gabrielle is one of the worst storms to hit Aotearoa New Zealand in living history.'
558 red-stickered homes in Auckland; cyclone-hit tower to be demolished over collapse fears
Residents next to a tower say they've been complaining for years.
$5m raised! Generous Kiwis contribute to Red Cross/NZ Herald/NZME campaign
Donation follows huge community support for fundraiser.
'Devoted’ mother survived breast cancer twice. She died after being swept away in flood
Susane Caccioppoli, a cancer survivor, was last seen by her boyfriend on February 14.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Puketapu community drawn closer together through flooding
People living in Puketapu have lost their homes, but found their community.
Cyclone Gabrielle: What do the spray-painted markings mean?
Emergency crews are marking abandoned properties after rescues. Here's what they mean.
Puketapu locals glad to see the army convoy of supplies
Supplies arrive at the cut-off community.
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.
Editorial: Challenges and questions ahead after Gabrielle
How will improvements be paid for? And how do we build back better?
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.
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.
Basic fibre restored for Gisborne after last-minute digger blunder
Telco boss calls blunder disheartening for crews working 24/7. Telcos offer free data.