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Checkpoint for Thursday 16 February 2023
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Trucker helps get supplies to East Coast
6:50 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Stories of hope amongst ruin in Hawke's Bay
5:07 PM.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. Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay Civil Defence latest update
5:13 PM.Hawke's Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Controller Ian MacDonald talks through the latest information with Lisa Owen. Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Vodafone aims for cell tower fixes by nightfall
5:15 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa still cut off after major flooding
5:23 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Families left homeless in Te Karaka
5:24 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Thursday emergency update from PM Hipkins
5:30 PM.At Parliament the Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is sharing the latest details of the emergency response after Cyclone Gabrielle. Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Gisborne mayor urges city to conserve water
5:43 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Clock ticking for Ruatorea as supplies running low
5:48 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay growers urge recovery package
5:53 PM.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… Read more Audio
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Napier MP, Forestry Mininster confirms inquiry into East Coast soil erosion
6:07 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa devastated, remains cut-off by road
6:16 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay orchardists try to assess damage
6:20 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Tairāwhiti, Wairoa urged to conserve power
6:30 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: West Auckland homes still trapped by slips
6:30 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Some Gisborne residents feeling abandoned
6:37 PM.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.
… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Growers urge more NZDF to Hawke's Bay
6:42 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio