Checkpoint

It could be days before stranded passengers bumped from interislander sailings are rebooked for crossings after a ferry break down, with priority being given to cyclone aid.

Its Kaiārahi ferry was… Read more Video, Audio

'You are irreplaceable'. The words of the widow of a volunteer firefighter, who lost his life trying to help others as Cyclone Gabrielle was bearing down.

Dave van Zwanenberg was found dead after a… Read more Video, Audio

In the Hawke's Bay settlement of Puketapu, the school is operating as a general store of donated items, and the local pub is an information centre with beer on the side.

Further up the island… Read more Video, Audio

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

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

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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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

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