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Cyclone Gabrielle: Napier community rallies to recover, rebuild
20 Feb 2023The resilience of the people of the Hawke's Bay is shining through.
Seven days on from Cyclone Gabrielle and 10,000 - most in Napier city - are still without power.
Electricity company Unison says… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Napier businesses count losses from missed events
20 Feb 2023The government has unveiled a $50 million fund to support, business, workers and the primary sector.
On top of is the government is pledging $250 million more for roading fixes, to get essential… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Tai Rāwhiti volunteers help clean Te Karaka
20 Feb 2023The clean up is in full swing in the hard-hit town of Te Karaka, about 30 kilometres west of Gisborne.
About 80 whānau are still in evacuation centres, five days after Cyclone Gabrielle rushed… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Surf club still home for some in Piha
On the hard-hit west coast beaches in Auckland communities are still dealing with the threat of land slips and the realities of red stickered homes.
In Piha, some people are still calling the surf… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay waiting for cleaning essentials
20 Feb 2023Feeling a little forgotten and a little low in spirits and kai.
A Tolaga bay community leader says they need basic things like cleaning equipment, skip bins and a dump that's open so people can start… Read more Video, Audio
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Sticky situation for Boxing NZ with championships in India
20 Feb 2023The ongoing war in Ukraine has created a sticky situation for Boxing New Zealand and several of our top female fighters.
Despite Boxing New Zealand's preference the athletes do not take part in next… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Trucker helps get supplies to East Coast
16 Feb 2023Trucks are getting food, water and fuel to cut-off townships along SH2 between Ōpōtiki and Te Karaka.
There are multiple hazards on the stretch of road, which is still closed to the public Steve… Read more Video, Audio
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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
