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MetService says the amount of rain that has lashed the upper North Island over summer is historic. Audio

People should be prepared for the number of fatalities in the wake of the cyclone to increase, the Prime Minister says.

A child's body has been found in Hawke's Bay and it is believed they were caught in rising floodwaters yesterday.

The government is getting a better picture of the damage across the North Island today and the devastation is widespread, Hipkins says.

Helicopters are being brought in from as far away as Otago to assist in the rescues of people stranded by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Cyclone Gabrielle has severely impacted electricity supply and communications in parts of the North Island as it now heads southeast. Check how the situation is unfolding in your region. Audio

While severe weather is forecast ease in most places before dawn, a woman has died in Putorino, Hawke's Bay, after a bank collapsed onto her home.

Seasonal workers found themselves stranded on rooftops in Napier, as Cyclone Gabrielle hit the North Island's eastern coast.

Major landslides have taken out houses in the West Auckland community of Muriwai.

Trees are down and people were evacuated from their homes, but the damage isn't "huge" for the Western Bay of Plenty after cyclone Gabrielle swept across Aotearoa.

Fire and Emergency is using drones and seeking geotechnical advice over a firefighter missing in Muriwai, west of Auckland.

Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay are particularly hard hit, with limited communications, a major power substation outage, and evacuations and highway closures.

Police have urged people in west Auckland's Muriwai to evacuate. This follows reports of a house collapsing due to a slip. Follow our live blog here.

A state of emergency has been declared for Waikato and Whakatāne in Bay of Plenty and evacuations are underway.

A man directing traffic at a closed road in Waikato has died after being hit by a truck on Sunday morning.

An animal welfare inspector will be visiting the Waikato farm where 50,000 chickens died in a fire yesterday, says the Ministry for Primary Industries.

A mother has been charged with shooting at police as they tried to arrest her kids, who are accused of carrying out ram raids in Waikato.

Four lives have tragically been claimed by raging floodwaters and slips caused by an extreme and unprecedented deluge of rain across Auckland and Waikato on Friday.

People are being warned to "get ready" as weather forecast to hit the north of Aotearoa progresses as expected on Tuessday afternoon.

Parts of the North Island are experiencing landslips, road closures and flooding in homes and businesses, and more heavy rain is on the way. Here is what you need to know as the severe weather… Audio

A fourth person has been found dead as a result of Auckland's catastrophic floods on Friday.

It wasn't until seven hours after floods had forced people out of their homes and hundreds had called 111 that a state of emergency was announced. How were officials on the back foot?