Local state of emergency for Tairāwhiti, residents evacuated, communities isolated
Gisborne was almost completely isolated by flooding and slips.
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75 hours of rain: Local state of emergency for Tairāwhiti, 130 evacuated, all major roads closed, rivers rising
Prolonged heavy rain threatens to cause fresh slips and flooding across the North Island.
75 hours of rain: Residents in East Coast's Te Karaka self-evacuate, river levels continue to climb
Prolonged heavy rain threatens to cause fresh slips and flooding across the North Island.
Roads flooded in Tologa Bay, warning upgraded: Weather watches extended across NI
Heavy rain watches issued for Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty.
Meng Foon accepts he's resigned, doesn't rule out future work in public sector
The Race Relations Commissioner's intended resignation was earlier thrown into doubt.
Killer appeals conviction for brutal murder of Raymond Karl Neilson
Reuben Gibson-Park set his victim's body on fire after beating him to death.
Father fights extradition to Australia to answer decade-old assault charge
The man said it would be unjust and oppressive if he was forced to leave his whānau.
Ruatōria's Radio Ngāti Porou 'a beacon for the future'
The radio station's headquarters are in the small town of Ruatōria, north of Gisborne.
Wahine business owner who fixes East Coast roads and school lunches
Kat Kaiwai is at home on the roads or making lunches for hundreds of tamariki.
Business leaders named in King's Birthday Honours
Vegetable-growing, IT, a four-day week, journalism: honours for leaders in their fields.
$1b bill for Govt and councils to buy out cyclone-hit homes
Zoning maps will reveal what Hawke’s Bay communities could be deemed unliveable.
‘Outrageous’: $9m of cyclone business support in Hawke’s Bay not spent
The number of grants paid hadn't been finalised, but leftover money would be returned.
Exhausted nurses fear making a fatal mistake, Employment Court hears
Health bosses say a planned one-hour strike by nurses on Wednesday is unlawful.
Budget 2023: What’s already been announced and where is the money going?
The Government will reveal Budget 2023 today - what has already been announced?
Analysis: Climate disasters hurt some NZ businesses more than others
Weather disaster analysis raises need for needs-based recovery packages, not blanket ones.
Cyclone recovery package: Councils, Opposition react
Cyclone Gabrielle's devastation is still being felt across NZ - but now there is hope.
Ngāti Porou say failure to act on forestry slash inquiry not an option
Iwi leader Selwyn Parata wants action, not more kōrero.
Tairāwhiti residents thankful for forestry after cyclone damage
It follows a report into the devastation caused by slash during Cyclone Gabrielle.
Govt announces new classrooms, schools ahead of Budget 2023 reveal
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins delivered the news at a Wellington school this morning.
More classrooms to be built; poll shows coalition likely election outcome
PM Chris Hipkins and Education Minister Jan Tinetti are expected to make the announcement.
Gisborne mayor blasts land-use inquiry report critical of council, commissioners recommended
The report has brought an intense and swift reaction from Gisborne District Council.
The slash report: Call for halt to production forestry in erosion zones
A report says there are just 5-10 years to "turn this environmental disaster around".
Labour minister's shock defection to Māori Party touted as turning point for election
It comes as Te Pāti Māori threatens to take another seat off Labour.
Kiri Allan speaks on Meka Whaitiri meeting; waka-jumping law not triggered
The bombshell news was confirmed by Meka Whaitiri this morning.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Relocating Te Karaka needs 50 per cent support of the community - Willie Te Aho
Marae to be moved to higher ground but still on Rangatira land title.
Local Focus: CrossFit pair qualify for Brisbane championship
Gisborne master athletes, Debbie Hutchings and Tamera Nelson, prove age is just a number.
Teen hunters, 15, missing in East Coast forest found
The two boys had not returned from a hunting trip.
Local Focus: Isolated and alone while losing his legs
Gisborne resident Josh Grant talks about his lonely brush with death.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tourists 'key' to rebooting economy, council's multimillion-dollar weekly roading spend
Documents have revealed more of the cost of Cyclone Gabrielle and the recovery phase.
Flood damage: How and where we build needs to change
OPINION: It is clear the risk of damage from climate change has increased in recent years.
Fake raffle sees father-daughter duo sentenced for crayfish poaching ring
The pair netted over $43,000 in illegal sales using fake permits
Wine and dine for a good cause: Chefs and winemakers team up for cyclone relief
Auckland's Andiamo, Wellington's Shed 5 and Queenstown's Jervois Steak House are involved.
Family brings in psychic to find Joseph Ahuriri
Whānau of missing Gisborne man seek psychic's power to locate him.
Cyclone Gabrielle damage to Tairāwhiti farms estimated at $80m
Survey reveals the cost of recovery is more than the region can bear without support.