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Cyclone Gabrielle: Growers urge more NZDF to Hawke's Bay
16 Feb 2023Send more Defence Force personnel - that's that the plea from Hawke's Bay Fruit growers whose crops and livelihoods have been decimated by floodwaters.
Some are trying to salvage fruit - still… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: West Auckland homes still trapped by slips
16 Feb 2023To Auckland now and some residents in the Titirangi area are still dealing with no power or water, roads closed and limited cell phone coverage.
But it's two major slips that have trapped residents… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Tairāwhiti, Wairoa urged to conserve power
16 Feb 2023Households in Tairāwhiti and Wairoa are being urged to conserve what power they have, if any.
Lines company Eastland Network says multiple serious faults and major access issues - means 4500… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay orchardists try to assess damage
16 Feb 2023Hawkes Bay flood victims remain on edge, with a false alarm sending some scambling earlier this afternoon.
Checkpoint was checking in with Hawke's Bay Growers who are already out trying to salvage… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa devastated, remains cut-off by road
16 Feb 2023Wairoa has been off the grid since Tuesday, with very little information getting in, or getting out.
Its residents have spent the past three days salvaging their belongings and digging mud from their… Read more Video, Audio
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Napier MP, Forestry Mininster confirms inquiry into East Coast soil erosion
16 Feb 2023Forestry Minister and Napier MP Stuart Nash has acknowledged the problem of slash from forestry damaging land after Cyclone Gabrielle.
But he wouldn't be drawn on criticising the sector, saying an… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Clock ticking for Ruatorea as supplies running low
16 Feb 2023Up the coast from Gisborne, the isolated town of Ruatorea is cut off, without power, and hardly any reception.
Local residents are staying connected - and getting food parcels to each other across… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Gisborne mayor urges city to conserve water
16 Feb 2023Fresh supplies are finally arriving in Gisborne, via limited road assess to the south and a NZDF ship due to dock higher up on the East Coast later on Thursday.
But water reserves are low and the… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Thursday emergency update from PM Hipkins
16 Feb 2023At Parliament the Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is sharing the latest details of the emergency response after Cyclone Gabrielle. Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Families left homeless in Te Karaka
16 Feb 2023As the roads start to clear and the devastation reveals itself, Te Karaka sits in the centre of the damage in Tairāwhiti. It's a settlement inland from Gisborne, where families have been left… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa still cut off after major flooding
16 Feb 2023Little is known about the plight of Wairoa and its residents as the town has been cut off, with only very intermittent communications to the outside world.
Our reporter, Kate Green, has just been in… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Vodafone aims for cell tower fixes by nightfall
16 Feb 2023Vodafone is hoping to restore about 60 percent of its cellphone coverage in Gisborne's town centre by tonight.
Chief technology officer, Tony Baird, told Checkpoint the network was trying to get five… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay Civil Defence latest update
16 Feb 2023Hawke's Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Controller Ian MacDonald talks through the latest information with Lisa Owen. Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Stories of hope amongst ruin in Hawke's Bay
16 Feb 2023In Hawke's Bay there are heartbreaking stories of people who have lost everything.
But, as RNZ's Tess Brunton reports, there are stories of hope and community amongst the wreckage. Read more Video, Audio
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Trailer: Introducing Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes
16 Feb 2023Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes discusses the latest in politics with a range of Māori commentators and newsmakers. Watch and Listen to the trailer and subscribe now. Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Workers rescued from Hawke's Bay sawmill
15 Feb 2023A Hawke's Bay lumber yard and sawmill that employs hundreds of locals has been completely swamped, with the last workers onsite carried to safety on a large loader.
Pan Pac on State Highway 2 at… Read more Video, Audio
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Halberg Awards take place just months after death of Sir Murray
15 Feb 2023The red carpet has been rolled out for the Halberg Sports Awards tonight and there's some added significance behind the event this year.
It's been nearly three months since the death of the man the… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Aotea Great Barrier cleans up after storm
15 Feb 2023The small community of Aotea Great Barrier Island is in clean-up mode, after copping it from Cyclone Gabrielle on Monday.
The Local Board Chair is Izzy Fordham. Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Some in Tairua face fourth night without power
15 Feb 2023In the Coromandel town of Tairua residents are now facing a fourth night cut off without power.
Our reporter Leonard Powell is there. Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Māni Dunlop in Gisborne after storm
15 Feb 2023Paramedics and rescue helicopters have been up and down the east coast today dropping off supplies and assessing the welfare of residents cut off.
SH35 from Gisborne to Hicks Bay is still closed and… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Āwhitu cut off by slips, power out
15 Feb 2023In Āwhitu on Auckland's Manukau Heads it's a story that's becoming sadly familiar.
Many people are still without power, and major slips have closed roads, isolating residents.
Checkpoint reporter… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Gisborne urged to conserve water
15 Feb 2023Gisborne residents have been urged to conserve water, with the main supply damaged in the storm.
Tairāwhiti Civil Defence controller Ben Green talks to Lisa Owen. Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Long wait for Hawke's Bay roads to reopen
15 Feb 2023Cyclone Gabrielle has gone but her legacy is the most catastrophic weather event in living memory.
The storm left parts of the upper North Island resembling parts of a jigsaw.
Wairoa is essentially… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Latest update from PM Chris Hipkins
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks at Parliament on the latest efforts following Cyclone Gabrielle. Read more Video, Audio
