Every last pet is being accounted for as Edgecumbe cleans up from the successive storms.

The Temporary Accommodation Service has been activated to help flood victims.

A 30-metre weave of cobweb in Papamoa has been described as "spider bum parachutes".

Edgecumbe residents are running the full gamut of emotions as clean-up continues.

Edgecumbe residents are returning to their flood-ravaged homes today.

Councils are reviewing how NZ communities can be more prepared for future storms.

Why do so many New Zealand communities lie in flood zones? An expert explains.

Wild weather heads south: winds pick up in lower North Island; rain falls in Christchurch

Free rooms are being listed and service fees waived for those affected by the cyclone

Owners of 134 businesses desperate to have access to their buildings in flood-hit town.

But Minister Simon Bridges says it is on the way. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Auckland home flooded again as tail end of Cyclone Cook wreaks havoc.

Joan Newdick knew her cats would be okay, but was worried about her late husband's car.

The flooding in Bay of Plenty has bee classified as "medium-scale adverse event".

Kraig Rimaha is impressed by the generous response to his playing outside a supermarket.

Financial assistance for Edgecumbe residents and businesses is being discussed.

New Zealand was a decade behind countries like the UK.

Another cyclone is developing and heading our way, bringing with it more rain.

Residents can return home once their apartments are deemed habitable.

People are still holed up in homes in isolated communities unable to go anywhere.

But motel owners are worried where evacuees will go once their Easter bookings arrive

The inland route to Kaikoura has reopened after rain forced its closure.

Aerial photos show the full impact of the devastation from ex-cyclone Debbie on the Bay.

Source: Bay of Plenty Times

Trustpower's CEO says under their flooding plan nothing could have been done differently.

Jo Byrne's Christchurch home has flooded four times, she tells Newstalk ZB's Chris Lynch.

Fonterra's Edgecumbe site has been temporarily shut.

Rescuers used jet boats to reach stranded Edgecumbe locals in yesterday's flooding

In Edgecumbe and across the Bay of Plenty, people scrambled to leave their homes.

Jetboats struggled against the flow of water through Edgecumbe today.