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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay family's survival on house roof
Cyclone Gabrielle's fury forced a family to break through their ceiling and on to their roof as they waited for rescue.
They were lifted to safety and a week later are back at their Hawke's Bay home… Video, Audio
Truckies face months of long detours after Cyclone Gabrielle
It's going to be months and months of taking the long way round for freight companies faced with 400 kilometres of damaged roads, and some communities still only reachable by air or sea.
The… Video, Audio
'The current was just huge': Couple swim through paddocks, gripping trees to find safety
Lily Fearn and Ethan Cross sat huddled up and freezing on their roof before they followed neighbours into the floodwaters to find safety.
Bizarre landscape left by Waipawa River floodwaters
'Thousands of bales of silage must have floated down the river' and old washing machines now dot the mud around a piggery, as workers check on damage at Waipawa.
Wairoa still calling for donations
In Wairoa, the silt that swirled through homes in rising floodwaters is now swirling through the air, being kicked up by the heavy vehicles in the town.
The town's mayor Craig Little says more… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Multiple support packages for businesses likely - Hipkins
The Prime Minister is not ruling out providing wage subsidies for businesses that have been hurt by Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio
Donations and goodwill sent from around Aotearoa
Donations and messages of goodwill have been flooding in from around the country for devastated Hawke's Bay, Gisborne and Auckland communities.
How Northland is coping with Cyclone Gabrielle infrastructure
Whangarei District Mayor Vince Cocurullo confirms some people have been 10 days without power, and parts of the roading network have taken a heavy hit, in particular the road through the Brynderwyns.
…More than 400 evacuated RSE workers soon to have accommodation
More than 400 workers from the Pacific evacuated to a Napier church should be able to return to more permanent accommodation in the next few days.
Around the motu: Tim Brown in Hawkes Bay
Around the motu - we're now checking in with reporter Tim Brown in Hawkes Bay - he's been talking to two Esk Valley residents about their ordeal in rising flood waters Audio
'The first thing that hits you is the smell of the silt': Tolaga Bay after the cyclone
In the seaside town of Tolaga Bay just north of Gisborne things seem fairly normal at first glance. Audio
'They never came' - Mother left stranded on roof with four children
Jo Cox believed her daughter and grandchildren were dead when they lost contact after the Tūtaekurī River enveloped their home, with the family huddled on the roof. Audio
Call for amnesty so overstayers can help with cyclone clean-up
Overstayers in cyclone-hit regions should be granted an amnesty, a Tongan community leader says. Audio
Gisborne neighbours band together to clear silt and sludge
Cleaning up the flood silt is like scooping up sludgy stinky cow pats, one Gisborne resident says after Cyclone Gabrielle, as he reflects on regrowing his garden.
Trans-Tasman lessons from flooding offer NZ a guide for future
Opinion - Repeated flooding events in New Zealand and Australia share common elements, and Australia could provide a guide for rebuilding with better resilience, writes Iftekhar Ahmed. Video
Post-cyclone updates: PM calls for calm after rumours on crime in flooded areas
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins responded to reports of crime in flood-ravaged areas and people setting up community checkpoints to deal with incidents.
Century-old Auckland tower at risk of collapse to be demolished
Two body corporates and Auckland Council are at odds over what's going on with getting tenants in nearby apartments back home.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Napier community rallies to recover, rebuild
The resilience of the people of the Hawke's Bay is shining through.
Seven days on from Cyclone Gabrielle and 10,000 - most in Napier city - are still without power.
Electricity company Unison says… Video, Audio
West Coast flood protection not threatened by post-Gabrielle funding rethink - MP
West Coast leaders say planned flood protection schemes at Westport and Franz Josef will not lose out, despite the government reprioritising spending in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle in the...
Marlborough deploys volunteers to Auckland to help with cyclone response
The volunteers left for Auckland on Friday to help with a "variety of logistical tasks".
