Lisa Owen

Up the coast from Gisborne, the isolated town of Ruatorea is cut off, without power, and hardly any reception.

Local residents are staying connected - and getting food parcels to each other across… Video, Audio

Fresh supplies are finally arriving in Gisborne, via limited road assess to the south and a NZDF ship due to dock higher up on the East Coast later on Thursday.

But water reserves are low and the… Video, Audio

At Parliament the Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is sharing the latest details of the emergency response after Cyclone Gabrielle. Video, Audio

As the roads start to clear and the devastation reveals itself, Te Karaka sits in the centre of the damage in Tairāwhiti. It's a settlement inland from Gisborne, where families have been left… Video, Audio

Little is known about the plight of Wairoa and its residents as the town has been cut off, with only very intermittent communications to the outside world.

Our reporter, Kate Green, has just been in… Video, Audio

Vodafone is hoping to restore about 60 percent of its cellphone coverage in Gisborne's town centre by tonight.

Chief technology officer, Tony Baird, told Checkpoint the network was trying to get five… Video, Audio

Hawke's Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Controller Ian MacDonald talks through the latest information with Lisa Owen. Video, Audio

In Hawke's Bay there are heartbreaking stories of people who have lost everything.

But, as RNZ's Tess Brunton reports, there are stories of hope and community amongst the wreckage. Video, Audio

The red carpet has been rolled out for the Halberg Sports Awards tonight and there's some added significance behind the event this year.

It's been nearly three months since the death of the man the… Video, Audio

A Hawke's Bay lumber yard and sawmill that employs hundreds of locals has been completely swamped, with the last workers onsite carried to safety on a large loader.

Pan Pac on State Highway 2 at… Video, Audio

The small community of Aotea Great Barrier Island is in clean-up mode, after copping it from Cyclone Gabrielle on Monday.

The Local Board Chair is Izzy Fordham. Video, Audio

In the Coromandel town of Tairua residents are now facing a fourth night cut off without power.

Our reporter Leonard Powell is there. Video, Audio

Paramedics and rescue helicopters have been up and down the east coast today dropping off supplies and assessing the welfare of residents cut off.

SH35 from Gisborne to Hicks Bay is still closed and… Video, Audio

Some Dargaville residents are being urged to evacuate their homes.

The Kaipara District Council says people who live along River Road, and Victoria and Logan Streets, as well as side streets and… Audio

In Āwhitu on Auckland's Manukau Heads it's a story that's becoming sadly familiar.

Many people are still without power, and major slips have closed roads, isolating residents.

Checkpoint reporter… Video, Audio

Gisborne residents have been urged to conserve water, with the main supply damaged in the storm.

Tairāwhiti Civil Defence controller Ben Green talks to Lisa Owen. Video, Audio

Cyclone Gabrielle has gone but her legacy is the most catastrophic weather event in living memory.

The storm left parts of the upper North Island resembling parts of a jigsaw.

Wairoa is essentially… Video, Audio

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle has reached four. Three people, including a child, have died in Hawke's Bay and a volunteer firefighter has been found dead trapped in a house in Muriwai, in… Video, Audio

RNZ reporter Kate Green is in Gisborne and joins Lisa Owen with the latest details.

The HMNZS Manawanui is sailing from Auckland with supplies destined for Tairāwhiti, and will deliver water supplies… Video, Audio

Thousands of people are stranded in Hawke's Bay without power, phone service, dwindling supplies and many are trying in vain to contact their loved ones.

Our reporter Lauren Crimp and cameraman Angus… Video, Audio