Checkpoint

Gisborne residents have been urged to conserve water, with the main supply damaged in the storm.

Tairāwhiti Civil Defence controller Ben Green talks to Lisa Owen. Read more Video, Audio

Cyclone Gabrielle has gone but her legacy is the most catastrophic weather event in living memory.

The storm left parts of the upper North Island resembling parts of a jigsaw.

Wairoa is essentially… Read more Video, Audio

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle has reached four. Three people, including a child, have died in Hawke's Bay and a volunteer firefighter has been found dead trapped in a house in Muriwai, in… Read more Video, Audio

RNZ reporter Kate Green is in Gisborne and joins Lisa Owen with the latest details.

The HMNZS Manawanui is sailing from Auckland with supplies destined for Tairāwhiti, and will deliver water supplies… Read more Video, Audio

Thousands of people are stranded in Hawke's Bay without power, phone service, dwindling supplies and many are trying in vain to contact their loved ones.

Our reporter Lauren Crimp and cameraman Angus… Read more Video, Audio

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks at Parliament on the latest efforts following Cyclone Gabrielle. Read more Video, Audio

Parts of the Coromandel have had a fourth day with no power. 

Thames-Coromadel Civil Defence Controller Garry Towler talks to Lisa Owen Read more Video, Audio

Wairoa is completely cut off, and hundreds of people have had their homes swamped with water.

Mayor Craig Little says they desperately need help.  Read more Video, Audio

A woman is still missing in Hawke's Bay after the Eskdale property she was housesitting was suddenly inundated with floodwaters early on Tuesday morning.

The owners of the house, Maik Beekmans and… Read more Video, Audio

Now here's a story of a bright moment of ingenuity in today's tempest. The vet clinic in Paeroa flooded overnight, but early this morning, staff quickly grabbed the gear used to treat cattle to clear… Read more Audio

Hawke's Bay has been pumelled by rain today - forcing a number of evacuations.

At least 90mm fell in the region - turning roads into rivers and leaving residents on rooftops.

Reporter Lauren Crimp… Read more Audio