Checkpoint

Hawkes Bay flood victims remain on edge, with a false alarm sending some scambling earlier this afternoon.

Checkpoint was checking in with Hawke's Bay Growers who are already out trying to salvage… Read more Video, Audio

Wairoa has been off the grid since Tuesday, with very little information getting in, or getting out.

Its residents have spent the past three days salvaging their belongings and digging mud from their… Read more Video, Audio

Forestry Minister and Napier MP Stuart Nash has acknowledged the problem of slash from forestry damaging land after Cyclone Gabrielle. 

But he wouldn't be drawn on criticising the sector, saying an… Read more Video, Audio

Hawke's Bay growers are pleading with the government for a recovery package after Cyclone Gabrielle turned vast swathes of fertile land into pulp.

One of New Zealand's fruit bowls, the region's… Read more Audio

Up the coast from Gisborne, the isolated town of Ruatorea is cut off, without power, and hardly any reception.

Local residents are staying connected - and getting food parcels to each other across… Read more Video, Audio

Fresh supplies are finally arriving in Gisborne, via limited road assess to the south and a NZDF ship due to dock higher up on the East Coast later on Thursday.

But water reserves are low and the… Read more Video, Audio

At Parliament the Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is sharing the latest details of the emergency response after Cyclone Gabrielle. Read more Video, Audio

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