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6:21 AM.Anxiety is high for those in Hawke's Bay and Gisborne, as another bout of heavy rain lashes the eastern regions.

More than 700 people across the country are still seeking shelter at Civil Defence… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Regions devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle are being hit by more atrocious weather, hampering clean-up efforts - and putting people on edge.

Metservice has issued orange rain warnings for Hawke's Bay… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Another round of heavy rain is posing a threat to the already unstable ground in Tai Rāwhiti.

Overnight the area has already had 24.4 milimetres of rain - with a total of more than  86.4 forecast… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Hawke's Bay locals are worried about what is coming with the weather. 

Reporter Jemima Huston headed into Taradale and Waiohiki in Napier, two areas that were flooded when the Tutaekuri river broke… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.It's day two for Te Matatini, the national kapa haka competition which is being held at Te Ana Wai/Eden Park.

It is going to be a another big day for the festival with defending champions from Tamaki… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.It may be the world's shortest lifeline, and it certainly is New Zealand's.

The 30 metre, 13 second boat ride across a once-flooded river inland of Napier is all that is keeping hundreds of… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Flooded residents in Haumoana believe their properties may have escaped some damage if a flood mitigation pump had been properly manned and not run out of fuel. 

Several streets and homes in a… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand - is bracing for another tough winter with eight hospital 'hotspots' coming under increasing pressure.

It will use emergency provisions to ease the burden -… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Cut-off residents in the West Auckland beachside settlement of Karekare are counting their blessings despite still having no power or road access.

Locals are relying on helicopter deliveries for long… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Friday marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the start of the largest movement of refugees in Europe since the Second World War.

New Zealand offered to take 4000 people - so far 569 have… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.Grocery retailer Foodstuffs North Island says all of its 33 stores which had been forced to close by the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle have reopened.

All of its Pak'n Save, New World and Four Square… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The Reserve Bank has hiked the Official Cash Rate 50 basis points as it presses on with getting inflation under control.

The bank's governor Adrian Orr told our business editor Gyles Beckford there… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Twelve months ago the Lismore region of New South Wales was inundated by the biggest flood in modern Australian history.

 A survey reveals that nine months after the event, just over half of flood… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Gisborne's housing crisis has got even worse as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle.

In the wake of the massive storm there are more than 170 red and yellow stickered homes and more flood damaged houses… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Days before the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there's been a flurry of action from foreign countries.

US President Joe Biden is in Poland facing calls to provide more military… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.GNS scientists have mapped tens of thousands of landslides from the air, following Cyclone Gabrielle.

Engineering Geologist, Kerry Leith, who was on board for the initial flyovers, says he's never… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.People in Napier have been warned to expect brief outages while power company Unison continues to repair the network.

Parts of central Napier were without power yesterday afternoon, and the outages… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.An ultra marathon that sparked an emergency rescue early yesterday is to get back underway tomorrow.

Multiple personal locator beacons were activated by people involved in the Southern Lakes Ultra… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The Reserve Bank has hiked the Official Cash Rate 50 basis points as it presses on with getting inflation under control.

ASB Bank chief economist Nick Tuffley says the damage caused by Cyclone… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A traffic management crew says it was threatened with a gun while setting up at a site.

Earlier this week the police commissioner questioned if it had happened.

But Liam Harvey, a Napier traffic… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.An emotional Black Caps cricketer Blair Tickner has described the devastation at his parent's home just south of Napier.

Tickner made his test debut in New Zealand's loss to England in Mt Maunganui… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Flood survivors who've been through hell are now waiting in limbo.

Most of the flood waters have now gone and the mud left is beginning to cake, but more than 750 people are thought to be in… Read more Audio