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Farmer says Cyclone Gabrielle damage worse than Bola
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… Audio
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Don't expect gold-plated cyclone roading fixes - Kelvin Davis
The Te Tai Tokerau MP says Northlanders should not expect gold-plated fixes for the region's Cyclone Gabrielle-ravaged roads.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Friday's response in pictures
Civil Defence, NZDF and countless community organisations are doing what they can to help. See how the clean-up is going with RNZ's photo gallery.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Latest on Gisborne water shortage
In Tairāwhiti people are still being urged to conserve water. Civil Defence controller Ben Green has the latest details. [embed]… Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Oranga Tamariki helping 500 vulnerable kids
Social workers whose own homes and communties are storm-ravaged, are working in shifts to track down hundreds of vulnerable children and young people and confirm they are safe. There's more than 500… Video, Audio
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Two-year-old Ivy's death unavoidable: Water 'rose extremely quickly and violently'
A two-year-old has drowned and died in the flash flooding in Eskdale. The girl, Ivy, is one of the seven people known to have been killed in Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Tairāwhiti Civil Defence update
Tairawhiti Civil Defence controller Ben Green speaks to Jesse. Audio
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What residents in Tairāwhiti, Coromandel, Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa need to know
With communities in cut-off regions having limited reception, here's RNZ's text-only updates on what those in Piha, Tairāwhiti, Coromandel, Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa need to know.
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Gisborne people told to stop using water immediately after water treatment system fails
Gisborne District Council has asked people in the city to stop using the water immediately as the water treatment system has failed.
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More than 2000 still in evacuation centres in Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti
The government says there are 400 people in Tairāwhiti and 1900 people in Hawke's Bay staying in evacuation centres.
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"Full houses have just been moved ... chucked away."
As the waters recede, and some connections are restored, we're learning more about how quickly floodwaters rose and hearing about the courage of those who went to help.
Max Towle heard from Army… Audio
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Gisborne water ban - supply failed
Gisborne's water supply has failed.
A ban is now in force and residents are being told to stop using water immediately.
Tairāwhiti Emergency Management group controller Ben Green spoke to Max Towle.
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Disruption to Hawkes Bay & Tairawhiti schools
Schools are trying to assess how quickly they can reopen but it remains unclear just how many may have been badly damaged, particularly in isolated cut-off communities. Home schooling also isn't an… Audio
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Urgent Notice - Stop Using Water in Gisborne
The main water treatment plant is inoperational, the system is overloaded. Gisborne town supply is not suitable for drinking or washing. RNZ reporter Mani Dunlop has been onboard navy vessel… Audio
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Rainfall levels mean this summer 'will go down in history books' - MetService
MetService says the amount of rain that has lashed the upper North Island over summer is historic. Audio
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Napier residents struggling without power in wake of Cyclone Gabrielle
In Napier the prospect of the power being off for several more days is starting to settle in - with many heading south to Hastings where power is back on. Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Paul Brislen on failing connectivity
Phone and internet are still a big problem for many in Tairawhiti and Hawkes Bay. Paul Brislen is head of the Telecommunications Forum and is with us for an update. Audio
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Resident questions future of houses in slip-hit Muriwai
Residents in a coastal community in West Auckland have been left fearing for the future, after cyclone Gabrielle brought tons of land down in slips, leaving some homeless.
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How hospitals in in Tairawhiti and Hawkes Bay are coping
Hawke's Bay Chief Medical Officer Dr Robin Whyman says elective surgery is cancelled. Two primary care sites have been opened in Napier. Audio
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Cyclone Gabriele: power outages in Wairoa
Most people affected live in rural areas, including 1000 Wairoa residents. Eastland Network General Manager Jared Moroney says just over 2000 customers still don't have power in Tairawhiti. Audio
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Tairawhiti and Tolaga farms under water - help is on its way
There has been scant information about the state of rural Tairawhiti - and the many small communities and farms inland from Gisborne and Wairoa. Local Federated Farmers board member Sandra Faulkner is… Audio
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'There's still boulders the size of cars falling out of some of these things'
Piha locals are warning city sightseers to stay away from the Auckland beach community, saying they are still in the middle of an emergency.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: East Coast MP on thousands still cut off
Thousands of people across the motu are again waking up this morning displaced and disconnected after cyclone Gabrielle's impact.
Six people have died, more than 3000 are still uncontactable and… Audio
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Chartered plane delivers Starlink devices to Tairawhiti
Ngāti Porou iwi members from around New Zealand and the world have come together to deliver urgently required communications equipment into the remote East Cape.
The iwi's commercial arm - Ngāti… Audio
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Police on number uncontactable after cyclone
Around 3500 people have been registered as uncontactable, the majority across Hawkes Bay and Tairāwhiti.
Worried friends and family have taken to social media to try find their loved ones - many whom… Audio
