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6:10 AM.Work to repair the extensive damage to roads throughout the North Island, Te Ika-a-Māui, is making progress.

Sections of six highways in Hawkes Bay and Tai Rāwhiti remain completely closed, while… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Marae across the motu are springing into action to help people impacted by the cyclone. Kokiri Marae in Lower Hutt is taking donations of supplies for the East Coast. General Manager Tina Olsen-Ratana… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Tararua district remains under a state of emergency. Yesterday, the Mayor Tracey Collis and Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty, surveyed the damage from the air. She speaks to Max Towle… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.We've heard some incredible stories from Waiohiki this week, of cars and indeed entire houses sweeping right through in the flooding. One resident of Waiohiki says the only reason they're alive is… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Diggers have arrived in the rural Hawke's Bay community of Eskdale to clear vast quantities of mud and debris, and help residents to view their homes. Tess Brunton has been in the Esk Valley to… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.With thousands of hectares of farmland coated with silt across much of the Upper North Island, there are concerns about how farmers are going to be able to feed their animals. Even before Cyclone… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.In the northern Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa, communication and road links have been steadily improving. But, as elsewhere, the clean-up is massive. Reporter Jonty Dine spent yesterday with residents… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise provides an update on the city's response to Cyclone Gabrielle. Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The roading network remains particularly fragile across much of the upper North Island following Cyclone Gabrielle. Wayne Oldfield from Waka Kotahi's National Emergency Response team tells Max Towle… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Water has been the pressing concern in Gisborne. Midday Report's Mani Dunlop is at the city's Civil Defence centre. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Australian firefighters have touched down in Aotearoa to assist in recovery efforts. 25 Fire and Rescue Service specialist firefighters from Queensland arrived yesterday, and will get to work… Read more Audio

7:07 AM.Our reporter Lauren Crimp speaks to Max Towle from the Civil Defence centre in Hastings. Audio

8:58 AM.Across cyclone hit areas the danger of severe landslides remains.

GNS Science engineers are urgently assessing the ground in hard hit regions.

GNS Science engineering geologist and landslide duty… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Much of the information authorities are getting on isolated communities is coming from planes and helicopter flights across the Hawkes Bay and Tairāwhiti.

Mark Harris says knows the anguish cyclones… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The Navy vessel Te Mana has arrived in Napier with much-needed supplies on board.

RNZ reporter Sally Murphy visited the port and spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:48 AM.In the small settlement of Omahu in Hawkes Bay residents spent yesterday clearing their homes of water logged possessions - everything was dumped outside ready for the army to collect it.

The locals… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The Hastings mayor Sandra Hazlehurst says it's still difficult to reach their rural communities.

She spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Eskdale remains one of the hardest-hit areas in Hawke's Bay.

RNZ reporter Tess Brunton went to Eskdale yesterday and witnessed the devastation.

She spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Power is slowly coming on in Napier, with about 30 percent of households now expected to have electricity.

On the line now is Napier mayor Kirsten Wise. Read more Audio

7:29 AM.About 20 homes were evacuated in Piha last night due to land instability, and an exclusion zone is in place for a large part of Muriwai.

For safety reasons, Auckland Emergency Management has also… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The Defence Force has more than 700 people providing aid and support to those in regions hit by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Navy vessels have been delivering food and other supplies to communities on the East… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Dozens of roads remain closed due to the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, and it will be some time still until many are reopened.

Bridges are a big issue, many of which were washed away in the… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Lauren Crimp is at civil defence headquarters in Hawkes Bay where she has been told more power is coming on in Napier people are ecstatic.

She spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio