Hawke's Bay

The government says it will have the information it needs on high-risk areas in three weeks and can then start deciding where houses can be rebuilt and which areas may need to be retreated from.

A report on Napier's contaminated Awatoto industrial area showed hazards including human waste, animal waste, blood, offal, bone, trade waste, motor and hydraulic oil, sulphuric acid, insecticides -…

New figures show 16km of stopbank on either side of one of Hawke's Bay's main rivers have been weakened by Cyclone Gabrielle.

It is estimated between 5000 and 6000 beehives were washed away or damaged in Hawke's Bay and Tai Rāwhiti during Cyclone Gabrielle.

Police are hunting for a man with a gang tattoo covering most of his face.

There has been a falloff in trade since Cyclone Gabrielle, although the port escaped largely unscathed.

Residents of the small Hawke's Bay town of Pōrangahau say they are feeling forgotten, with little sign of government agencies a month after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Napier City Council is preparing to hold its first event post-cyclone this evening.

People living in a contaminated street in Napier are anxiously waiting to find out exactly how dangerous it is.

More than a month on, Civil Defence says numbers have gone from 2000 in emergency accommodation to just 20.

After two failed attempts Chris Hipkins has finally visited Wairoa - more than a month after the town was hit by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Police say the spreading of misinformation is hampering their search for the Gisborne man who disappeared at the time Cyclone Gabrielle hit.

The government is spending $2.75 million to set up an emergency shipping route for Hawke's Bay and Tai Rāwhiti, including chartering a vessel for three months.

The search for Joseph Ahuriri has been expanded.

A years-long housing crisis in Te Matau-a-Māui has been made worse by the recent cyclone, an iwi chair says.

State Highway 5 from Napier to Taupō was extensively damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle and still has 32 sites to be repaired.

The first freight convoy on State Highway 5 from Taupō to Napier has made it through, Waka Kotahi says.

Two soldiers say they disobeyed Civil Defence orders so they could rescue people trapped in Esk Valley during Cyclone Gabrielle.

Gisborne District Council will not be following Napier's example.

One month on from Cyclone Gabrielle, some in Hawke's Bay remain without power - but the lights are slowly coming back on.