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.
Auckland's Andiamo, Wellington's Shed 5 and Queenstown's Jervois Steak House are involved.
MetService National weather: March 22nd - 24th
Parts of Christchurch are also without power due to high winds.
Dunedin wild weather cuts power and blocks roads. Video / Gregor Richardson, ODT
Wild weather has battered parts of central and southern areas of the country overnight.
MetService issued a severe thunderstorm warning about 6pm for parts of the South Island.
There are weather warnings spanning much of the lower half of the country.
Overnight temperatures are expected to drop into single digits this week.
Most of the country will be hammered by rough weather today.
Autumn temperatures are about to get very cold in parts of the country.
Ian Macdonald was 'out of mobile coverage'.
Batten down the hatches if you're in the South Island.
Rare second landfall brings heavy rains that trigger floods and mudslides.
Big deluges now up to four times more likely, with up to 30% more rain, in East Coast.
Daily life has taken on a new look after Cyclone Gabrielle in the cut-off community.