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The challenge to get power to remaining 2400 properties near Napier

There are plenty of challenges facing crews tasked with restoring power.

Three people non-contactable after cyclone, welfare helpline set up

An 0800 number has been set up for people impacted by the cyclone to call for assistance.

Hopes Twin Cities' public transport can return amid congestion

Localised bus services are expected to return to Napier and Hastings this week.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Kai, hugs and emotion as rugby club welcomes storm survivors

Rugby club opens its arms to those who lost everything - players strip damaged houses.

Players ditch footy boots for gumboots to help families who lost everything

Kind-hearted football player describes Cyclone Gabrielle damage as 'unbelievable'.

'I haven’t seen them': Residents hit hard by cyclone fear for friends; 13 still 'uncontactable'

Puketapu man says while houses can be replaced, cyclone loss of life "very sad"

Offroaders race to ‘apocalyptic’ cyclone disaster zone to help those in need

A kind-hearted Kiwi talks of the devastation he saw during a mercy dash to Hawke's Bay.

Cyclone-hit family received ‘no warning’ for hours, were preparing to seek refuge on roof

When the warning came through to evacuate, it was too late for some Esk Valley residents

Evacuations and no power: The fate of 1000 retirement village residents during cyclone

"Mobile generators were a godsend. In our new villages, we’re building generators."

Locals guard diggers, trucks fixing Napier highway amid looting fears

Several slips have caused large sections of State Highway 5 to fall away.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Deliveries go off with military precision

Inside the Civil Defence and military-run distribution centre.

'Heartbreaking': Dad digging to 5yo daughter’s grave buried under cyclone silt

Against a backdrop of activity, Peter quietly works away shovelling.

Opinion: Govt risks losing rural Kiwis left to fight Gabrielle on their own

Rural communities have gone days without support.

'Ready to boil over': Whirinaki community mucking in - as tension over looters rises

Checkpoints set up by residents to stop looters, as 'unreal' community clean up continues.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Napier records second-wettest day ever

'Gabrielle is one of the worst storms to hit Aotearoa New Zealand in living history.'

Cyclone Gabrielle: Reshuffle and AVL allows courts to reopen in Hastings

Jury trials were called off and could be affected into next month.

Watch: Man re-lives harrowing discovery of 80-year-old couple he thought were dead

Ian Cadwallader takes the Herald through house where he thought he'd find three bodies.

Sea and shoreline searches under way in Napier

All the latest developments from Sunday following Cyclone Gabrielle.