Morning Report

Cyclone Gabrielle is well off the coast of the country but her tail is coming back to flick up parts of the South and North islands. 

Metservice is forecasting isolated showers across the North… Read more Audio

Separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region have released video footage of a New Zealand pilot taken hostage seven days ago.

Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped after landing his plane in Papua's… Read more Audio

Dargaville and Whangarei were the Northland towns worst affected by ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle.

Evacuations and road closures continued yesterday as the storm's tentacles moved away from the… Read more Audio

There is growing concern about sections of Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti with communications almost completely wiped out by the storm.

Wairoa in particular is a black hole, with cellphones, landlines… Read more Audio

Thousands of people are still out of their homes - from Tairāwhiti to Hawke's Bay and Tararua on the eastern coast and Dargaville, Muriwai, Piha and Karekare in the west - as Cyclone Gabrielle leaves… Read more Audio

As flood waters rose throughout Hawkes Bay yesterday the call went out for anyone with a jet boat to get in the water to help rescue people and stock.

Andrew Hardie is a dairy farmer from Dannevirke… Read more Audio

There have been two further deaths in the past 24 hours, both in Hawkes Bay.

Civil defence reported late last night that a woman in Putorino had died after a bank collapsed onto her home.

Police… Read more Audio

Communities on the East Coast have again been beset by slash which has caused immense damage to properties and infrastructure.

Tokomaru Bay civil defence coordinator Lillian Te Hau-Ward spoke to Kim… Read more Audio

MetService says all wind warnings across the North Island have now gone, but there are some warning still in place for the top of the South Island.

Metservice's Head of Weather Communications Lisa… Read more Audio