Checkpoint for Friday 24 February 2023

6:25 PM.Some civil defence centres in Auckland are closing their doors, despite hundreds of people still without housing.

So far, MBIE has housed around 500 households, and another 500 are on its temporary… Read more Video, Audio

6:21 PM.In Hawke's Bay orchardists working to clear silt from their properties have gone from fighting the dust to fighting the mud, with rain now hampering clean-up efforts.

For many the work is urgent… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.Gerard Bellam from the MetService explains what is happening with the thunderstorms over Auckland. Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.Let's move north now where a slow thunderstorm has brought torrential rain over Mangawhai, Wellsford and Te Arai north of Auckland.

Mike Howard is a councillor for Kaiwaka-Mangawhai. He's been doing… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.A new emergency alert has been sent to people's phones in the north and west of Auckland, warning of landslides and flash flooding brought on by "high intensity localised downpours".

It also warns… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.Emergency call centre staff who were on the phone to people clinging to roof tops in fear of their lives during Cyclone Gabrielle are still traumatsied by what they heard.

In the 12 hours where… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Police say there hasn't been a spike in crime in areas hit by Cyclone Gabrielle, but residents living in the hardest-hit areas say they're living in fear of looters.

Down some Hawke's Bay streets… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.The Employment Court's chief judge has made an unprecedented visit to Gloriavale as part of a case brought by six former members who claim they were exploited and treated like slaves.

Christina… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.Returning to the weather now with alrady hammered parts of the country standing by for another round with mother nature.

Coromandel, Gisborne and Hawkes bay all under heavy rain warnings. And… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.The Prime Minister has spent the day with cyclone responders in Te Tai Tokerau telling Northlanders they have not been forgotten.

He was confronted with stories of some of our poorest households cut… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.The rain has stayed away - for now - and the Black Caps are battling to swing the momentum back in their favour on day one of the second cricket test against England in Wellington.

New Zealand made a… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Auckland Emergency Management has warned of severe thunderstorms over the northern part of the region on Friday afternoon, bringing possible flash flooding or slips.

Duty Controller Rachel Kelleher… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.Hawke's Bay Civil Defence is going door to door in Esk Valley to check everyone is evacuating. Residents received a text alert at 1:30pm advising them of the evacuation ahead of heavy rain.

The… Read more Video, Audio

5:08 PM.In Hawke's Bay, Hana Montaperto-Hendry and her partner Alex Hendry run Sarosa Wines in Esk Valley.

They were cleaning up silt when they got word to evacuate.

Greg Miller from Linden Estate Winery… Read more Audio