Civil Defence
Post-cyclone updates: PM calls for calm after rumours on crime in flooded areas
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins responded to reports of crime in flood-ravaged areas and people setting up community checkpoints to deal with incidents.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay waiting for cleaning essentials
A Tolaga Bay leader says they need basic supplies like cleaning equipment, skips and a dump that is open so people can start clearing sludge from their homes. Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Efforts under way to support farmers, growers
Hawke's Bay farmers have been left with slips, rocks and slash across their land, trees in orchards were ripped out and properties covered in silt as the cyclone ripped through.
After floods and slips comes the clean up - so where do you start?
Mud, silt and sewage have been left behind in Auckland, Northland, Bay of Plenty and Waikato homes after a deluge of rain brought flooding and slips to many parts of the North Island.
Silt poses health risk, wear a mask when cleaning up, Civil Defence warns
People helping to remove silt from communities hit by Cyclone Gabrielle are being warned it is a health risk and they should wear masks.
Small Wairarapa community pulling together after floods swept through
Families cut off for days in the hardest hit part of Wairarapa after Cyclone Gabrielle have been flown out by chopper.
Council defends decision not to evacuate Esk Valley
A resident says people were calling for help from their rooftops as floodwaters ripped through the area. Audio
Gisborne businesses begin to reopen - but with water restrictions
Civil Defence has spelled out which Gisborne businesses can open under water restrictions and what rules they must follow.
Many Auckland homes too risky to enter after assessments
In Auckland, many people still cannot return to their homes in Muriwai and Piha, almost a week after Cyclone Gabrielle hit, and water supplies are patchy in some places.
Newstalk’s trivialising commentary as deadly Gabrielle closed in
Media Watch - Cyclone Gabrielle buried homes and took lives this week. But as it bore down on the country, Newstalk ZB hosts played down the danger and complained about a day of school closures. Audio
A view from above: surveying the damage in Tairāwhiti
RNZ reporter Kate Green joined a Civil Defence fly-over in Tairāwhiti as the crew surveyed the extent of cyclone damage and unchecked zones.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Waiohiki resident saved by dog's warning
A resident in the small settlement of Waiohiki just inland from Napier says the only reason they're alive is because a dog warned them of the impending flood.
Cost of produce set to increase after cyclone damage, Agricultural Minister warns
The cost of annual produce is set to increase following cyclone Gabrielle, agricultural minister says.
Limited communications in Wairoa, better access to power, roads in Napier and Hastings
There was cheering and clapping in the streets of Napier as power came on in parts of the city yesterday, the mayor says. Audio
GNS says land remains unstable following Cyclone
Across cyclone hit areas the danger of severe landslides remains.
GNS Science engineers are urgently assessing the ground in hard hit regions.
GNS Science engineering geologist and landslide duty… Audio
Farmer says Cyclone Gabrielle damage worse than Bola
Much of the information authorities are getting on isolated communities is coming from planes and helicopter flights across the Hawkes Bay and Tairāwhiti.
Mark Harris says knows the anguish cyclones… Audio
Bob Harvey on Cyclone Gabrielle in Aucklands west coast
Bob Harvey spoke with Kim Hill about cyclone gabrielles impact on Aucklands west coast communities. Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle aftermath
We check in with people dealing with the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio
Navy reaches Napier port with supplies on board
The Navy vessel Te Mana has arrived in Napier with much-needed supplies on board.
RNZ reporter Sally Murphy visited the port and spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Omahu residents speak of devastation in region
In the small settlement of Omahu in Hawkes Bay residents spent yesterday clearing their homes of water logged possessions - everything was dumped outside ready for the army to collect it.
The locals… Audio
