Lisa Owen
Cyclone Gabrielle: Mud covers grape vines in Esk Valley - PM
Tess Brunton spent the day with the Prime Minister in the Esk Valley, where a torrent of water sent silt covering vineyards and orchards. [embed]… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Slash more than a metre deep on Gisborne beaches - Manu Caddie
Gisborne is on high alert after its struggling water lifeline failed under pressure today. Residents - already without power or mobile reception - were told to turn off their taps. The mayor says some… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: 'It's rough up there' - PM Chris Hipkins
"It's very rough up there." That was the message from Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today after a harrowing visit to the devastated Hawke's Bay. The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle is at least eight… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tech expert with phone tips in an emergency
While some cut-off communities around the motu remain in the dark heading into the weekend - others are starting to come back online with limited capacity. Unison is asking reconnected Hawke's Bay… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Muriwai street evacuates with risk of slip
An emergency order went out today for residents of a Muriwai street to evacuate immediately. The suburb on Auckland's west coast was hit hard in the cyclone and the land is unstable. The community… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Significant number of schools flood-damaged
A significant number of schools in Tairwahiti and Hawkes Bay have been flood damaged in the cyclone and it will be up to each of them to decide when to open. The Ministry of Education says it… Video, Audio
Evening business for 17 February 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6320650925112 Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Update on road closures for Friday afternoon
For the latest on the roads in the area, Waka Kotahi's Mark Owen has the details. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6320647458112 Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Unison update on power outages
Thousand of households in Hawkes Bay still without power four days on and desperate to know when they might be hooked back up. Danny Gough from electricity company Unison talks to Lisa Owen. [embed]… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Pakowhai residents return to devastation
Days after their properties were inundated with rapidly rising floodwater, residents of Pakowhai, between Hastings and Napier, are returning to devastating scenes. For many, it's still too early to… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Emergeny alert in Gisborne as water fails
The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle has risen to eight and is expected to climb. Gisborne residents have been told to use water only for drinking and flushing the toilet due to a failure in a water… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Trucker helps get supplies to East Coast
Trucks are getting food, water and fuel to cut-off townships along SH2 between Ōpōtiki and Te Karaka.
There are multiple hazards on the stretch of road, which is still closed to the public Steve… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Growers urge more NZDF to Hawke's Bay
Send more Defence Force personnel - that's that the plea from Hawke's Bay Fruit growers whose crops and livelihoods have been decimated by floodwaters.
Some are trying to salvage fruit - still… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Some Gisborne residents feeling abandoned
The Prime Minister has spent the day in Tairawhiti visiting some of the regions devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle.
However, many residents feel the government abandoned them in their time of need.
… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tairāwhiti, Wairoa urged to conserve power
Households in Tairāwhiti and Wairoa are being urged to conserve what power they have, if any.
Lines company Eastland Network says multiple serious faults and major access issues - means 4500… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: West Auckland homes still trapped by slips
To Auckland now and some residents in the Titirangi area are still dealing with no power or water, roads closed and limited cell phone coverage.
But it's two major slips that have trapped residents… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay orchardists try to assess damage
Hawkes Bay flood victims remain on edge, with a false alarm sending some scambling earlier this afternoon.
Checkpoint was checking in with Hawke's Bay Growers who are already out trying to salvage… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa devastated, remains cut-off by road
Wairoa has been off the grid since Tuesday, with very little information getting in, or getting out.
Its residents have spent the past three days salvaging their belongings and digging mud from their… Video, Audio
Napier MP, Forestry Mininster confirms inquiry into East Coast soil erosion
Forestry Minister and Napier MP Stuart Nash has acknowledged the problem of slash from forestry damaging land after Cyclone Gabrielle.
But he wouldn't be drawn on criticising the sector, saying an… Video, Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay growers urge recovery package
Hawke's Bay growers are pleading with the government for a recovery package after Cyclone Gabrielle turned vast swathes of fertile land into pulp.
One of New Zealand's fruit bowls, the region's… Audio
