Latest from Cyclone Gabrielle

‘I didn’t care about drowning, I just had to save my mokos’ - cyclone survivor

Battling neck-high flood waters, Jim McIlroy put the live of his mokos ahead of his own.

Severe thunderstorm watch: Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Bay of Plenty, Taupō could get lashed today

“These thunderstorms will bring localised heavy rain and small hail."

Focus: 'Culvert Cop' who survived being swept away in Auckland floods

Former policeman John Purkis was swept down a culvert during Auckland’s January floods and managed to survive. Video / NZ Herald

750 buildings condemned after January floods, Cyclone Gabrielle

Hundreds of buildings have been red-stickered and thousands yellow or white-stickered.

Steve Braunias: You can't stop the weather

Steve Braunias on the fever dreams of climate change

Red Cross Whanganui share cyclone relief experiences

"...as we went around the back we realised it was full of kittens.”

'I could hear it coming after me': Are Auckland's cliffs too risky for building homes?

Auckland's dramatic cliff slips are not new so why do we keep living close to the edge?

Auckland Council: The budget that follows the storms

Have your say on Auckland Council's new budget. Part 6: The environment.

Editorial: Destiny leader’s weather eye for an opportunity

OPINION: Our editorial on a novel explanation for extreme weather.

Eastland Port makes a case for containers after Cyclone Gabrielle

Port's COO labels it a fantastic opportunity for local businesses.

States of emergency end for some regions, remains active in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay

Waikato, Auckland and Tararua districts are moving towards a national transition phase.

‘It took all our resources’: Firefighter describes three-hour battle in flood-ravaged city

About 35 firefighters fought the inferno which forced residents to evacuate temporarily.

Firefighters from Fiji get stuck into the cyclone cleanup

In the Esk Valley, a small team of Fijian firefighters are hard at work.

The Conversation: Devastating weather event was a catastrophe for communications

When Cyclone Gabrielle struck, power was badly compromised.

Slash inquiry: Forestry boss says Nash’s industry ties could be ‘impediment’

Stuart Nash says the scale of the debris is "completely unacceptable".

Muriwai residents vent anger at Auckland Council staff over future of slip-hit houses

Locals had packed into Muriwai Golf Club to find out the fate of their homes.

Kids take to the streets and strike for climate, cyclone taskforce finalised & why landlords are pushing up rents | Focus Morning Bulletin: 3 March, 2023

School kids around the world strike for climate, Cyclone Gabrielle taskforce finalised and the reason why so many landlords are pushing up rents in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Nurse who 'lost everything' in cyclone returns to work three days later

Maria Hollingshead thinks humour and humanity are getting her through losing her home.