Morning Report

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

Hawkes Bay was one of the hardest hit regions in yesterday's floods, with crops swallowed by water and people stranded in their homes.

Among them is Jonty Moffet an orchardist in the Hastings'… Read more Audio

With the country in a state of national emergency, the first sitting week of Parliament for the year has been postponed.

The House will sit on Tuesday next week.

The only political party opposed to… Read more Audio

The Gisborne Mayor says newspapers will be delivered to all residents in Gisborne today with an urgent conserve water notice. 

Internet is down in Tairāwhiti. 

Mayor Rehette Stoltz says the region… Read more Audio

In Hastings and Napier, around 60,000 people are without power and it's expected to be days or weeks before power is returned to all customers.

Transpower announced a national grid emergency… Read more Audio

More than 200 Defence Force personnel have been deployed to help with the response to ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle.

Dubbed Operation Awhina, members of the Navy, Army and Air Force have been sent… Read more Audio

Houses are underwater and roads have been washed out across Hawkes Bay following yesterday's extraordinary amount of rain.

People were rescued from their roofs by helicopters and boats to escape… Read more Audio