Checkpoint

Hundreds of people in the coastal West Auckland community of Muriwai are yet to return to their homes after landslides brought two houses down, while many more are too dangerous to enter.

Across the… Read more Audio

Gisborne has been pummelled in the cyclone and remains largely cut off tonight with residents being warned it could be days or weeks before power is fully restored.

The region, which was also shaken… Read more Video, Audio

Rebecca Ferguson is a wedding dress designer who runs her business from her lifestyle block not far from the RSE workers in nearby Crownthorpe.

She told Lisa Owen there's been no break in the… Read more Video, Audio

Cyclone Gabrielle hammered Hawke's Bay on Tuesday. In Hastings dozens of Tongan RSE workers were rescued after being stranded on the roof of their accommodation for most of the day.

Some were even… Read more Video, Audio

There are still huge areas of the North Island without any - or very patchy - cellphone reception.

New Zealand Telecommunications Forum chief executive Paul Brislen talks to Lisa Owen. Read more Video, Audio

Farm house lodge in Fern Hill, west of Hastings, is home to a number of horticutlure workers.

Owner and film maker Dawson Bliss says they were forced to evacuate when the Ngaruroro river rose in a… Read more Video, Audio

Much of the Coromandel remains cut off tonight with thousands still without power, for some it will be their third night in total darkness.

Our reporter Leonard Powell is in Tairua talking to… Read more Video, Audio

Major landslides have taken out houses in the West Auckland community of Muriwai and the search is still continuing for a trapped firefighter.

Power is out, people have been told to move out and many… Read more Video, Audio

The government says there are 225,000 people without power across the country.

Energy Minister Megan Woods says it's the largest disruption to eletricity infrastructure since Cyclone Bola - which hit… Read more Video, Audio

Gisborne has been battered in the Cyclone Gabrielle, and residents have been warned it could be days or weeks before power is fully restored.

Gisborne mayor Rehette Stoltz says there are more than… Read more Video, Audio

In Hastings on Gilligan Road, residents have been forced to crawl on to their roofs, chased by rising flood waters.

Kevin McCormack and his wife were waiting for several hours on their roof before a… Read more Video, Audio