Checkpoint for Tuesday 14 February 2023

6:56 PM.Now here's a story of a bright moment of ingenuity in today's tempest. The vet clinic in Paeroa flooded overnight, but early this morning, staff quickly grabbed the gear used to treat cattle to clear… Read more Audio

6:46 PM.Hawke's Bay has been pumelled by rain today - forcing a number of evacuations.

At least 90mm fell in the region - turning roads into rivers and leaving residents on rooftops.

Reporter Lauren Crimp… Read more Audio

6:42 PM.In the Coromandel, Lynda Grant from Mercury Bay Business Association has been out in her gumboots helping businesses in Whitianga with clean up. Read more Audio

6:39 PM.Cyclone Gabrielle has disrupted Parliament's proceedings - with its first day back in business abruptly cut short - and MPs sent back to their electorates.

Our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch… Read more Audio

6:36 PM.Residents and businesses in Kumeū, west Auckland, have been flooded for a third time in 14 months.

While some businesses were more prepared this time, they're once again having to pick up the pieces… Read more Video, Audio

6:30 PM.The West Auckland coastal areas of Bethells Beach, Karekare and Piha were among the hardest hit overnight but group of residents on Scenic Drive in Waiatarua have inadvertently found themselves in a… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.Parts of surf club on Auckland's west coast have fallen into flood waters and the building is now on unstable land, thanks to cyclone Gabrielle.

Bethells Beach has been hammered in the storm. At… Read more Audio

6:21 PM.Hundreds of people in the coastal West Auckland community of Muriwai are yet to return to their homes after landslides brought two houses down, while many more are too dangerous to enter.

Across the… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.Gisborne has been pummelled in the cyclone and remains largely cut off tonight with residents being warned it could be days or weeks before power is fully restored.

The region, which was also shaken… Read more Video, Audio

6:14 PM.Rebecca Ferguson is a wedding dress designer who runs her business from her lifestyle block not far from the RSE workers in nearby Crownthorpe.

She told Lisa Owen there's been no break in the… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Cyclone Gabrielle hammered Hawke's Bay on Tuesday. In Hastings dozens of Tongan RSE workers were rescued after being stranded on the roof of their accommodation for most of the day.

Some were even… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.There are still huge areas of the North Island without any - or very patchy - cellphone reception.

New Zealand Telecommunications Forum chief executive Paul Brislen talks to Lisa Owen. Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Farm house lodge in Fern Hill, west of Hastings, is home to a number of horticutlure workers.

Owner and film maker Dawson Bliss says they were forced to evacuate when the Ngaruroro river rose in a… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.Much of the Coromandel remains cut off tonight with thousands still without power, for some it will be their third night in total darkness.

Our reporter Leonard Powell is in Tairua talking to… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Major landslides have taken out houses in the West Auckland community of Muriwai and the search is still continuing for a trapped firefighter.

Power is out, people have been told to move out and many… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.The government says there are 225,000 people without power across the country.

Energy Minister Megan Woods says it's the largest disruption to eletricity infrastructure since Cyclone Bola - which hit… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Gisborne has been battered in the Cyclone Gabrielle, and residents have been warned it could be days or weeks before power is fully restored.

Gisborne mayor Rehette Stoltz says there are more than… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.In Hastings on Gilligan Road, residents have been forced to crawl on to their roofs, chased by rising flood waters.

Kevin McCormack and his wife were waiting for several hours on their roof before a… Read more Video, Audio