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 homes and gardens.
Like the rest of Tairāwhiti, they're short on fuel, water, and patchy on electricity.
Our reporter, Kate Green, flew in to Wairoa late this afternoon and joins us now from Gisborne.
