Hawke's Bay

It will not just be families already in state houses that need new roofs overhead. Audio

The small community in Hawke's Bay was a hive of activity yesterday as residents and volunteers cleaned out homes.

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.

Mana whenua have put a rāhui in place and people have been warned not to eat kai moana and to stay away from the beach.

The big job of repairing the roads and bridges comes with big decisions for central and local authorities - which ones get fixed first?

Cyclone Gabrielle's fury forced a family to break through their ceiling and on to their roof as they waited for rescue.

It's going to be months and months of taking the long way round for trucking companies. Audio

The destruction is still everywhere to see from the night the river swallowed half a town.

Napier health officials are investigating a raw sewage spill on Awatoto Road. Audio

'Thousands of bales of silage must have floated down the river' and old washing machines now dot the mud around a piggery, as workers check on damage at Waipawa.

Donations and messages of goodwill have been flooding in from around the country for devastated Hawke's Bay, Gisborne and Auckland communities.

More than 400 workers from the Pacific evacuated to a Napier church should be able to return to more permanent accommodation in the next few days.

Jo Cox believed her daughter and grandchildren were dead when they lost contact after the Tūtaekurī River enveloped their home, with the family huddled on the roof. Audio

Overstayers in cyclone-hit regions should be granted an amnesty, a Tongan community leader says. Audio

Summer is normally boom time in Hawke's Bay, but instead of tills ringing. many businesses are in clean-up mode. Audio

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins responded to reports of crime in flood-ravaged areas and people setting up community checkpoints to deal with incidents.