Cyclone Gabrielle
How Northland is faring after Cyclone Gabrielle
The massive toll Cyclone Gabrielle has taken on Northland residents, roading, rail, businesses and infrastructure is now unfolding as most communication and power has been restored. Te Tai Tokerau… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle's impact on New Zealand's 'fruit bowl'
Cyclone Gabrielle has devastated fruit and vegetable crops in New Zealand's fruit bowl: Hawke's Bay. Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle's impact on New Zealand's 'fruit bowl'
Cyclone Gabrielle has devastated fruit and vegetable crops in New Zealand's fruit bowl: Hawke's Bay.
AudioWhat regions need, three weeks since Cyclone Gabrielle
Three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle and flood victims are still waiting to hear more details of the government recovery plan.
Major state highways are out for the foreseeable for Wairoa, Hawke's… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tests for contamination at Napier industrial area
Officials are waiting to find out how contaminated an industrial area in Napier has become after floodwaters swept through three weeks ago.
The area in Awatoto is home to about 20 businesses… Audio
Whangamatā school pupils remote learning while SH25 fixed
SH25 at Opoutere is going to reopen tonight to light vehicles, after a washout grew yesterday to take out a lane of the key road to the Coromandel Peninsula.
The bus to Whangamatā Area School has not… Video, Audio
Pacific medical team reaching out to cyclone-hit workers in rural NZ
The Pasifika Medical Association has sent a medical assistance team to provide primary care and mental health assistance in the cyclone-hit New Zealand town of Wairoa after an assessment last week. Audio
Restaurants cooking up a storm to raise funds for Cyclone
The call is out to create "country's biggest ever dinner party". It's lead by Chef Al Brown and the Restaurant Association. Al talks to Jesse about the 'cooking up a storm' event. Audio
Mapping the infrastructure underground
Turns out some of our essential underground infrastructure is hard to find. How do we better map it to prevent unnecessary outages? Audio
Mapping the infrastructure underground
Turns out some of our essential underground infrastructure is hard to find. How do we better map it to prevent unnecessary outages?
AudioCouple's plea after cyclone rescue: 'No one should be allowed to live on that flood plain'
Wayne Simpson and his guests smashed through the roof of his two-storey shed to save their lives from flooding. He says no one can safely live in the area again.
What those affected can expect from managed retreat in flood-vulnerable areas
Residents and business owners whose properties have been destroyed by the cyclone face an agonising wait to see if they will be red-zoned.
Around the motu : Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay
Editor of Hawkes Bay today Chris talks to Kathryn about the logistics of covering widespread devastation in his patch caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, and about sorting fact from fiction as the rumour… Audio
Muriwai residents: when can we go home?
Frustrated Muriwai residents are left without answers about when they can go back to their red-stickered homes, after a town-meeting with Auckland council last night. Kat and Andy Corbett are living… Audio
Firefighters from Fiji get stuck into the cyclone cleanup
Among the hundreds of contractors and residents on Cyclone Gabrielle clean-up duties in the Esk Valley is a small team of Fijian firefighters.
Fuel limited, bridges down - Cut-off communities try to keep thriving
Communities isolated by Cyclone Gabrielle are making the best of things as Civil Defence tries to keep essential supplies flowing.
Muriwai residents meet officials for answer on returning to hom
Muriwai residents - who have been out of their homes for two weeks - are desperate to hear about progress.
Nearly 200 homes were evacuated after Cyclone Gabrielle brought down landslides, residents… Video, Audio
Risk of more power cuts in Northland
Transpower is warning of an increased risk of power cuts in Northland as it does emergency work on high voltage lines that are threatened by a major slip. Kathryn speaks to Transpower's General… Audio
Auckland's West Coast residents frustrated at lack of access
Auckland's West Coast beach residents are demanding answers, and not to be forgotten, more than two weeks after Cyclone Gabrielle devastated communites. Kathryn speaks to one of the evacuees, Joe… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - contested crime wave claims
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about the media covering claims of a post-Gabrielle crime spike that was questioned by Police; the fiery exit of… Audio
