Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke’s Bay building industry effectively on hold
Flood damage assessment leaves building industry without inspectors.
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Emerging from the silt: The Puketapu orchard offering hope to Hawke’s Bay growers
"If you can get the silt out from under the trees, then the apples will survive."
Tararua Rural Support Trust: What’s been happening post-cyclone
RST has been co-ordinating support from volunteers in Tararua.
'People need food': Sikh community rallies to feed those in need
Hastings Punjabi Sikh community working around the clock to make sure everyone gets fed.
Esk Valley winery digs out 12,000 bottles of wine from silt
Volunteers log hours digging out 12,000 bottles trapped underground.
Truckie John Milne decided to park up and wait the cyclone out - then the truck started to move
Truckie John Milne has described his harrowing ordeal the night Cyclone Gabrielle arrived.
Heavy rain warning issued for Hawke’s Bay, including Esk Valley
Civil Defence says people need to be prepared to evacuate.
Funding to help young Hastings netballers
Applications are now open for ANZ Netball Grants, which help families pay club fees.
Bizarre landscape left by Waipawa River floodwaters
The landscape is dotted with old cookers, washing machines, and children's bicycles.
'We're still here': Flaxmere leader on hope in face of disaster
Henare O'Keefe sees hope in the face of a long line of adversity for the region.
‘Nothing prepares you’ for the sight of dead bodies
Otago Nuggets basketball coach with recovery efforts in Hawke's Bay.
Cyclone Gabrielle worsens Gisborne’s housing crisis
More than 170 houses red or yellowed stickered in a city desperately short of housing.
‘No way he could have survived': Dad among dead after bridge collapses, ute swept away
Brendan Miller's work truck is believed to have washed away in the floodwaters.
Dannevirke's Connor Anderson wins crucial Auckland fight
Boxer sets his sights on Oceania Games spot and ending next opponent's winning run.
Heavy rain watch issued for parts of North Island; 346 people now uncontactable; Red Cross appeal hits $7m
Police are trying to find thousands of people still missing following the cyclone.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Organisation filling food parcels for needy
Nourished for Nil Napier joined with the foodbank and is working hard to meet demand.
Harvard lays claim to flight record
Aircraft has clocked up 28,000 hours of non-stop flying at Mangatainoka in Tararua.
$7 million-plus! Red Cross fund backed by NZ Herald continues to grow
Donation follows huge community support for fundraiser.
Beaches out for weeks: Napier raw sewage pumped out to sea
A rāhui is in place for the contaminated coastline,
'Everything the water touched': Residents begin dumping flood-contaminated possessions
In the trash, a world globe that was once vibrant blue and green, now stained dirty brown.
Donations to Tararua council's relief fund 'fantastic'
The Tararua District mayoral relief fund has received an extra boost from Government.
Waiting game for Napier-Taupo highway
Contractors working to reopen Hawke's Bay's most crucial highway link.
Watch: Flooding causes 3m drop in road
Otanga Road at Raumati just north of Dannevirke has a massive drop of 3 metres in the carriageway caused by water getting in under the road, undermining its integrity. Video / Supplied
Watch: A timelapse of a disaster - home security sheds new light on speed of flooding
The footage Iain Trotter's camera captured helps us understand what happened in Twyford.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Elderly Hawke’s Bay couple airlifted off roof after 111 call made in Invercargill by relatives
The Pakowhai couple waited for five hours on the roof for the helicopter to help them.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Dannevirke High sudents’ inspiring efforts to help
Students at Dannevirke High School are doing what they can for the community.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Connection critical for rural communities after cyclone
'Our staff are on the ground and in the air, connecting farmers with the right support'
Hawke’s Bay: What Civil Defence need you to know - Wednesday
All the information you need to know today.
Pahiatua Summer Concert a great success
Explore Pahiatua’s Summer Concert, held on February 11, was a great success.
'There's no doubt' it's Pablo: Mystery of the missing macaw grips Auckland
Pablo's owner won't give up on him - and a whole community swooped in to help.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Poachers just one more worry farmers don’t need
Councils should also show leeway on the usual RMA red tape and consents.
‘I could hear her screaming all night’: 'Hero' twice dove into floods to save lives
'I’m not a hero man. I was just doing what anyone, who could do something, would do'
Watch: What a scoop! Sheep rescued from silt by digger
Zoe Richardson said the sheep was in 'quite a predicament'.