Morning Report for Tuesday 14 February 2023

8:56 AM.Two weeks after the Interislander ferry Kaitaki broke down off the coast of Wellington, its sister ship the Aratere broke down while entering the Tory Channel destined for Picton yesterday afternoon.

8:53 AM.Reporter Kate Green says the East Coast is scrambling to respond to Cyclone Gabrielle after power and communications were taken out.

Civil Defence is using satelite phones to communicate.

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8:49 AM.The Emergency Management Minister has declared a National State of Emergency.

Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty says it is an unprecedented event.

"Since Sunday, NEMA have been in close… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.RNZ In Depth reporter Anusha Bradley lives in Te Awanga, east of Hastings, and has had to evacuate her home as Cyclone Gabrielle bears down.

She spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Communications in Tairāwhiti region are effectively blacked out, knocking out the internet and other systems.

Fire and Emergency says it has lost radio and cellphone contact with its ground teams in… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Cyclone Gabrielle has taken a path of destruction across the North Island.

Metservice head of weather communications Lisa Murray spoke to Corin Dann.
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8:14 AM.Up to 500 houses were evacuated in Ōpōtiki ahead of the high tide at 1.30am on Tuesday.

Authorities warned last night of flooding and debris throughout homes, and Defence Force staff are on the… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Fire and Emergency says it is too early to know when search teams can restart their efforts to find a firefighter trapped under a collapsed house.

Muriwai volunteer firefighters were at a house when… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Napier and Hastings are in a State of Emergency. Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise says the most important thing is to keep the community safe.

Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst says it's also critical that… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Napier and Hastings are in a State of Emergency.

Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise says the most important thing is to keep the community safe.

Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst says it's also critical that… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Cyclone Gabrielle is also making its presence known in Taranaki. 

Power is out in some areas, and there is damage across the region.

Taranaki Civil Defence controller Todd Velvin spoke to Kim Hill.
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7:43 AM.RNZ reporters are on the ground in some of the worst hit areas as Cyclone Gabrielle ploughed through.

Morning Report heard from Andrew McRae in Whitianga on Coromandel's east coast and Soumya… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Fire and Emergency responded to two two collapsed houses with people trapped inside in Muruwai . Two people are now in hospital. 

In Auckland last night around 100 people were evacuated in Mt Eden… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Flooding, slips, downed trees and powerlines are causing major problems from Northland to Hawke's Bay with roads closed in all affected regions.

Ten regions are now under a state of emergency - the… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Two houses have collapsed in Muriwai as Cyclone Gabrielle hits Auckland.

Piha on the city's west coast was cut off last night by slips and flooding.

Meanwhile, residents living near the historic… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.A state of emergency was declared in the Bay of Plenty last night and hundreds of evacuations were made in Ōpōtiki, West End Ōhope, and Ōhiwa harbour,.

Further north Waihi Beach, Athernree and Maketu… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Two hundred Muriwai residents spent the night at the local Surf Club after being asked to evacuate.

Long-time resident Debbie Wong says she was woken with a bang outside and the power went out. 

She… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.A volunteer firefighter is trapped inside a collapsed house in the west Auckland community of Muriwai and another is in a critical condition. 

Fire and Emergency chief executive Kerry Gregory says a… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.Gisborne was right in the firing line of ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle on Monday night.

Rain fell in the city overnight, with rivers overflowing throughout the Tairawhiti region, and forestry waste… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Flooding is affecting properties in the Thames-Coromandel District. 

Reporter Finn Blackwell spoke to Kim Hill from  hames on Coromandel's west coast where the town's main street is flooded.
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6:47 AM.Thousands of people were without power overnight on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Powerco has been working to reconnect its customers but the hazardous conditions have made it impossible to repair some… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Two houses have collapsed in the Auckland coastal community of Muriwai last night with latest reports stating two people are trapped in one of the collapsed houses.

USAR teams and fire crews are at… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.Whangārei has been pummeled with more than 350 millimetres of rain since Sunday.

Thousands of homes in the ares were without power yesterday. 

Northland Civil Defence was preparing for another rough… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.The Whakatāne district is among eight regions now in a state of emergency.

On Monday night up to 600 hundred houses had to be evacuated from West End Ōhope, Ōhiwa harbour, and Ōpōtiki.

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6:13 AM.MetService says Cyclone Gabrielle is expected to continue moving southeast, tracking close to the east coast of the North Island, before moving away to the southeast from late Tuesday. 

Further… Read more Audio