Emergency Services

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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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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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

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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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… Audio

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… Audio

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… Audio

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown and Emergency Management are warning Aucklanders to prepare for Cyclone Gabrielle. 

The tropical storm is expected to hit Northland from Sunday and bring strong gales… Audio

Today on the Panel, Wallace and panellists Simon Pound and Cas Carter speak to Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, Dr Mark Quigley about what made the Türkiye/Syria earthquakes so… Audio

The former police commissioner, Mike Bush, will lead an inquiry into the official response to last month's flooding in Auckland.

Mayor Wayne Brown announced the review on Sunday, two days after he… Audio