Dave Letele’s diary of the devastation and sense of hopelessness in rural communities
Community advocate Dave Letele goes into the heart of the devastated regions.
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Latest fromGisborne District
Investigations extended to scrutinise Cyclone Gabrielle forestry slash
Investigators looking at Cyclone Hale damage now considering effects of Gabrielle.
Trucking hell: Driver stalls as road gives way beneath wheels cutting off community
Mainfreight truck is stuck on a collapsed road northwest of Gisborne, forcing its closure.
750 buildings condemned after January floods, Cyclone Gabrielle
Hundreds of buildings have been red-stickered and thousands yellow or white-stickered.
Editorial: Destiny leader’s weather eye for an opportunity
OPINION: Our editorial on a novel explanation for extreme weather.
‘It took all our resources’: Firefighter describes three-hour battle in flood-ravaged city
About 35 firefighters fought the inferno which forced residents to evacuate temporarily.
Slash inquiry: Forestry boss says Nash’s industry ties could be ‘impediment’
Stuart Nash says the scale of the debris is "completely unacceptable".
Cyclone Gabrielle: National candidates fight to widen slash inquiry
The party is ramping up efforts to get Hawke's Bay into the forestry slash inquiry.
Emergency finance issue shows law not fit for purpose
The Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act is under fire again.
Pākōwhai home and business owners continue cleaning up after the destruction
Police also made 24 arrests in the Eastern District, 14 in Hawke's Bay, 10 in Tairāwhiti.
Opinion: Why Cyclone Gabrielle warnings went unheeded
OPINION: Public relations expert says alerting the public is harder than it looks.
Cyclone Gabrielle worsens Gisborne’s housing crisis
More than 170 houses red or yellowed stickered in a city desperately short of housing.
RSE workers set to be given new jobs to help in post-cyclone clean-up
Pacific seasonal workers are set to officially help in the big clean up and rebuild.
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.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Dozens of offenders with ankle bracelets remain unmonitored a week on
Select high-risk offenders are being manually monitored by cops and Corrections.
‘Can’t find daddy’: Gisborne woman’s desperate hunt for missing partner
Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri has been missing for a week after storm hit in Napier.
'Cruel': 59 arrests for looting, dishonesty; police crack down as residents build road blocks
More than 100 officers from throughout New Zealand have joined those in Eastern District.
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.
Aerial photos show scale of disaster in Gisborne
Civil Defence is running fly-overs of Tairāwhiti to assess the cyclone damage.
Landslide risk still high in Piha and Muriwai; push to fix power, water continues
About 20 homes evacuated in Piha last night, and an exclusion zone remains in Muriwai.
Slash at Tolaga Bay forces Navy ship with supplies to divert
Ongoing problem of forestry waste forces Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui to reroute.
Gisborne’s bridge to nowhere: Incredible scenes at mangled road - ‘It’s ****ing beyond belief’
The road north out of Gisborne ended in a mangled metallic plunge along State Highway 35.
‘We watched our town basically get drowned’- Community devastated to find homes gone
Allen wept with the community last night, 'feeling their pain, anguish and anxiety'.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke’s Bay floods - Amazing photo shows horse stranded on roof
Animals were forced to find any refuge they could as floodwaters rose.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Latest on Tairāwhiti Gisborne
Properties in Gisborne being assessed for storm damage, people asked to save water.
Cyclone Gabrielle: $2b kiwifruit industry right in path of storm
Fruit quality woes could intensify as Cyclone Gabrielle hits premium growing regions.
‘We are totally cut off’: Gisborne Mayor, all roads in and out of region closed
Gisborne mayor pleads for residents to save water and limit travel.
4.4 earthquake hits Gisborne region amid cyclone onslaught
The quake struck 25km west of Gisborne at a depth of 22km.
Cyclone Gabrielle: East Coast prepares for severe weather, families evacuated, roads flooded
People on the East Coast have begun evacuations in preparation for more bad weather.
'It's disgusting': Family mourns death of 'very loving' 11yo on beach
Oliver Shone was a quirky and loving child, family and friends say.
Worker, sacked while on maternity leave, wins $23k for unfair dismissal
The young mother pleaded with her boss, saying she would put her baby in daycare.
Six times monthly average as parts of Northland get wettest January on record
Parts of Northland got more rain than ever before last month.
Gisborne beach tragedy: 9000 locals sign petition for overhaul of forestry industry
A boy suffered fatal injuries in the surf at woody debris-filled Waikanae beach.
Boy’s death after being struck by log at beach: ‘Wake-up’ call for tree-slash operations
The youngster was climbing and standing on the floating log in the shallows, says witness.