Checkpoint for Tuesday 21 February 2023

6:13 PM.About a hundred communities on the east coast of the North Island remain cut off, and it's not clear how many people are in those isolated areas.

Meanwhile volunteers and authorities are scrambling… Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.An estimated 400km of road have been significantly damaged in Cyclone Gabrielle, posing massive problems for the freight industry.

About 93 percent of the country's goods are transported by road. But… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.The destruction is still very visible in Wairoa, a week on from when the river swallowed half the town.

About 250 homes were inundated, and the town has only just reconnected to the outside world.

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5:46 PM.More than 90,000 children miss two or three weeks of class each term, and they could be getting a knock on the door very soon.

This morning the government announced a $74 million attendance package… Read more Audio

5:39 PM.An own goal for National today, with MP Maureen Pugh plunging her party into a controversy over climate change.

She began the day telling reporters she was still waiting to see evidence of whether… Read more Video, Audio

5:29 PM.People are being evacuated from a Napier street, where there's raw sewage.

Fire and Emergency says members of the public need to stay away from the Awatoto Public Golf Course on Awatoto Road.

Anyone… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.A dedicated team of police have been tracking down hundreds of people registered as uncontactable since Cyclone Gabrielle.

Eastern District Commander Superintendent Jeanette Park talks to Lisa Owen.

5:13 PM.Cyclone Gabrielle's fury forced a family to break through their ceiling and on to their roof as they waited for rescue.

They were lifted to safety and a week later are back at their Hawke's Bay home… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.It's going to be months and months of taking the long way round for freight companies faced with 400 kilometres of damaged roads, and some communities still only reachable by air or sea.

The… Read more Video, Audio