Checkpoint for Friday 17 February 2023

6:51 PM.Meanwhile businesses in Titirangi village are beginning to get back to work with power and water mostly restored. But some further north are still struggling without wifi or supplier deliveries and… Read more Video, Audio

6:47 PM.Auckland emergency management are talking with a few remaining residents of Muriwai's Domain Crescent who remain in their homes - after a call went out to evacuate. The area is being described as a… Read more Video, Audio

6:41 PM.In Tairāwhiti people are still being urged to conserve water. Civil Defence controller Ben Green has the latest details. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio

6:37 PM.In the wake of the cyclone, people from around Aotearoa have abandoned their day jobs to head to Hawke's Bay and answer the Army's call for reservists. One of them is Defence Liaison Officer Captain… Read more Video, Audio

6:31 PM.Social workers whose own homes and communties are storm-ravaged, are working in shifts to track down hundreds of vulnerable children and young people and confirm they are safe. There's more than 500… Read more Video, Audio

6:23 PM.Parts of Northland remain significantly affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, with many people evacuated from Kaipara District's west coast throughout the week. While access within the region has improved… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 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]… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM."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… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio

5:31 PM.At Parliament Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is giving an update after visiting Hawke's Bay again today. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6320650925112 Video, Audio

5:25 PM.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

5:18 PM.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]… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio