Dennis O'Reilly: During Covid, Civil Defence were disconnected from the marginalised communities
We did not learn what worked during Covid and paid the Cyclone Gabrielle price
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One-day cricket final in Napier to support cyclone recovery
Central Stags will play Canterbury in Napier next week.
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Nearly half those living in emergency housing in Hawke's Bay are children.
Stuart Nash pokes fun at Cabinet demotion in social media post
Nash appears to be looking on the bright side after being told off by the PM.
Game of their lives: The football heroes who refuse to quit the club they love
Former stars still serve Napier football club long after hanging up their boots.
Ex-police minister Stuart Nash 'got what he deserved' - lifetime gang member
Lifetime gang member Dennis O'Reilly says sacking Stuart Nash was more than justified
Woman's unexplained injuries, death: Grieving partner tells of finding 'love of my life' unconscious
Shane Thorne does not know how Evie died, but remembers her love of children and animals.
Wastewater still a battle for Napier City Council
The repair programme is complex, but it remains a top priority for the council.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Road destruction set to hit Heartland rugby heroes hard
Rugby - a unifying force on the East Coast - will be hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle damage.
New emergency shipping route a ‘lifeline’ for Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne
New route a lifeline for hard-hit economies.
Oxygen mystery: ‘We just want answers’ - heartbroken family of cyclone victim
Helen Street is remembered as a much-loved grandma and a 'strong woman'.
Stuart Nash resigns: Parliament debate calls to relinquish all portfolios
Napier MP Stuart Nash will no longer act as Police Minister.
Hawke’s Bay restaurants cooking up a storm to raise cyclone relief funds
“We are attempting to create the country’s biggest-ever dinner party."
Iwi supporting whānau into homes following Cyclone Gabrielle
Iwi makes securing housing a major post-cyclone goal.
Life in cut-off Tūtira: A month on, choppers are still a lifeline
Daily life has taken on a new look after Cyclone Gabrielle in the cut-off community.
Watch: The Hawke’s Bay surf lifeguards who rescued about 250 people at the height of the floods
“While it is a huge tragedy, it is a miracle the loss wasn’t much greater."
Truck convoy makes historic trip from Taupō to Napier
About 30 trucks and trailers lined up on the Rangitāiki Plains for the 7am start.
Parts of SH2 re-opened as Wairoa brought a step closer to reconnecting with Napier
Two crucial routes in the Wairoa area have now opened to traffic.
Brutal attack: Woman slashed, suffers fractured eye socket after using all the meth
The judge said it was a 'brutal attack involving extreme violence'.
A month ago, Hawke’s Bay needed rescuing - now we need answers
For the sake of residents who've lost everything, authorities need to show what happened.
Dave Letele: I'm having trouble sleeping as I really wonder how these people can get on
The community champion flew to cyclone hot spots and doesn't like what's he's seeing.
‘Get it looking beautiful again’: Rissington Cemetery cleared of silt
Pre-floods, the cemetery was the first site residents would see entering Rissington,
New footage emerges, fresh clues on movements of missing Joseph Ahuriri
The man's daughter pleaded for anyone in the area with security cameras to contact her.
Ngāti Kahungunu ‘deeply concerned’ for whānau affected by cyclone
Iwi reaches out to whānau to see what they need to get back their mana.
Awatoto gets dedicated council response team amid contamination concerns
Houses in Awatoto have been deemed as being at ‘low risk’ of contamination.
Rugby: All square in love and war at Te Wero
600-strong crowd sees an act of cyclone-fuelled history as Māhia score last-minute try.
Cyclone refugees: Couple to live in caravan for a year, others to rebuild from the ground up
Reality is sinking in for the thousands who lost homes and businesses in the disaster.
Traditional Māori practitioners travel to support flood-hit whānau
Traditional Māori practitioners will be providing mirimiri and rōngoa in Hawke's Bay.
Lack of evidence roadworkers were threatened with guns led to PM doubting claim
Hipkins disputing the claim added to feelings the Government isn't taking crime seriously.
Historian to give talks on Hawke’s Bay's flood plains as cyclone fundraiser
Talks will be a Cyclone Gabrielle fundraiser for Hawke’s Bay Disaster Relief Fund.
'Going to be massive': First cruise ship returns to Napier after cyclone, retailers thrilled
'It has been really slow since the cyclone - it feels like winter'
Forestry Minister stands by decision to keep Hawke’s Bay out of land use inquiry
The two-month inquiry would take twice as long if Hawke's Bay was included, Nash says.
‘Definitely rebuildable’: KiwiRail reveal timeframe for Hawke’s Bay railway rebuild
“I don’t want to downplay it, but this looks a lot worse than it is."
Police still looking for a home detention woman who bolted during Cyclone Gabrielle
Corrections' electronic systems were tested during Cyclone Gabrielle.