Checkpoint

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

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

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.

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

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

People in rural parts of Hawke's Bay are still finding it hard to access what they need.

Flooding wiped out two bridges and caused multiple slips around Puketapu, and for many, the only contact with… Read more Video, Audio

A week after Cyclone Gabrielle ripped through the North Island, some streets in the West Auckland community of Muriwai remain cordoned off, with residents unable to access their homes.

While… Read more Video, Audio

Checkpoint reporter Jimmy Ellingham has spent the day in Hawke's Bay speaking to businesses.

He tells Lisa Owen how Napier businesses are responding to the government's $50 million initial funding… Read more Video, Audio

There are growing calls for a rethink of a massive housing development planned for flood-prone Hawke's Bay land.

It's an iwi-led development on land bought by the government - but it is land that's… Read more Video, Audio

The resilience of the people of the Hawke's Bay is shining through.

Seven days on from Cyclone Gabrielle and 10,000 - most in Napier city - are still without power.

Electricity company Unison says… Read more Video, Audio

The government is making an initial 50-million-dollars available as immediate relief for businesses and workers hit by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Another $250 million will be funnelled to Waka Kotahi to… Read more Video, Audio