Checkpoint

As the roads start to clear and the devastation reveals itself, Te Karaka sits in the centre of the damage in Tairāwhiti. It's a settlement inland from Gisborne, where families have been left… Read more Video, Audio

Little is known about the plight of Wairoa and its residents as the town has been cut off, with only very intermittent communications to the outside world.

Our reporter, Kate Green, has just been in… Read more Video, Audio

Vodafone is hoping to restore about 60 percent of its cellphone coverage in Gisborne's town centre by tonight.

Chief technology officer, Tony Baird, told Checkpoint the network was trying to get five… Read more Video, Audio

Hawke's Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Controller Ian MacDonald talks through the latest information with Lisa Owen. Video, Audio

In Hawke's Bay there are heartbreaking stories of people who have lost everything.

But, as RNZ's Tess Brunton reports, there are stories of hope and community amongst the wreckage. Read more Video, Audio

The red carpet has been rolled out for the Halberg Sports Awards tonight and there's some added significance behind the event this year.

It's been nearly three months since the death of the man the… Read more Video, Audio

A Hawke's Bay lumber yard and sawmill that employs hundreds of locals has been completely swamped, with the last workers onsite carried to safety on a large loader.

Pan Pac on State Highway 2 at… Read more Video, Audio

The small community of Aotea Great Barrier Island is in clean-up mode, after copping it from Cyclone Gabrielle on Monday.

The Local Board Chair is Izzy Fordham. Read more Video, Audio

In the Coromandel town of Tairua residents are now facing a fourth night cut off without power.

Our reporter Leonard Powell is there. Read more Video, Audio

Paramedics and rescue helicopters have been up and down the east coast today dropping off supplies and assessing the welfare of residents cut off.

SH35 from Gisborne to Hicks Bay is still closed and… Read more Video, Audio

Some Dargaville residents are being urged to evacuate their homes.

The Kaipara District Council says people who live along River Road, and Victoria and Logan Streets, as well as side streets and… Read more Audio

In Āwhitu on Auckland's Manukau Heads it's a story that's becoming sadly familiar.

Many people are still without power, and major slips have closed roads, isolating residents.

Checkpoint reporter… Read more Video, Audio