Focus: Spark CEO on cyclone rebuild
Spark chief executive Jolie Hodson says the telecommunications network was largely back up and running within days following the cyclone. Video / NZ Herald
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Poachers just one more worry farmers don’t need
Councils should also show leeway on the usual RMA red tape and consents.
Watch: What a scoop! Sheep rescued from silt by digger
Zoe Richardson said the sheep was in 'quite a predicament'.
Audrey Young: Hipkins' first mistake as PM - and the Opposition pounced
OPINION: PM should focus on cyclone victims, not political opponents.
'Stay away' - Auckland slip fears as rain looms, beaches hit by king tide
Thieves target the lifesaving facility days after the cyclone wracked the community.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Help from the outside - rural communities rally
Rural communities around the North Island mustering help for Hawke's Bay and the Coast.
ANZ donates $3 million to cyclone relief
The bank has joined ASB and BNZ in making donations; Westpac offering small business fund.
Focus: Leaders respond to potential 'flood tax'
PM Chris Hipkins, Christopher Luxon and Grant Robertson react to a potential new 'flood tax' that could be used to pay for the Cyclone Gabrielle recovery. Video / NZ Herald
'Time is of the essence': Piha residents fear more flooding, slips with drains still blocked
Twenty-one houses in Piha have been yellow-stickered and 33 have been marked red.
Cyclone Gabrielle: National’s Christopher Luxon slams criminals, opposes ‘flood tax’
Christopher Luxon has hit out at the Government for downplaying crime fears.
'She was gone': Napier flood survivor forced to let go of friend in raging floodwaters
Gareth Jones held on to his friend for as long as he could before being struck by debris.
Mother thanks ‘guardian angel’ baby daughter for saving family from Cyclone Gabrielle flood
Mum believes her daughter who died 12 years ago was watching over them.
Local Focus: ‘Dead livestock everywhere’
Volunteers have spent days cleaning up dead animals in Hastings after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Mucking in to get the muck out of Te Karaka, Gisborne
Over 200 volunteers help with the Te Karaka clean-up project after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Focus: Luxon commits to doubling Hawke’s Bay crime penalties & slams ‘flood tax’
National Party leader Christopher Luxon sits down with NZ Herald Deputy Political Editor Thomas Coughlan to talk the response to crime in the cyclone hit Hawke's Bay, and slams Labour's potential 'flood tax'. Video / NZ Herald
Gisborne businesses’ efforts to stay open after cyclone amid water crisis
Businesses hard hit by Covid are now struggling post-cyclone with water restrictions.
Cash given out to Cyclone Gabrielle impacted, stranded ferry passengers & answers for Pike River | Focus Morning Bulletin: 22 February, 2023
Cash grants for farmers and growers' Cyclone Gabrielle recovery, stranded Cook Strait ferry passengers and borehole drilling resumes at Pike River in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Help or hindrance? Ex-mayor questions Civil Defence's donations advice
People want to help cyclone victims, but Civil Defence says it's not always helpful.
'Aunty came back to help out': Jacinda Ardern lends helping hand at Hastings marae
'It was like an Aunty coming home,' a volunteer at the Waipatu Marae said.
Firefighter says Cyclone Gabrielle conditions were unlike anything he’d seen
The group of local officers were primarily stationed in the Esk Valley.
Lack of investment blamed for Northland’s roading woes
Northland's roads remain in a fragile state, with the Brynderwyns still closed.
‘It’s starting to smell pretty bad’: Growers reeling from lost crops and fields of ‘rotting kumara’
Northland kūmara growers are coming to grips with widespread devastation to their crops.
Chlöe Swarbrick: Climate change taking greatest toll on poorer Kiwis
Our poorer communities are the ones bearing the brunt of our climate changed reality.
Pasifika Fusion festival to provide hope for Cyclone Gabrielle-hit community
Pasifika people experience many cyclones in their home countries.
Whangārei MP on priorities for the Government post-cyclone
Emily Henderson thanks those that chipped in to help during Cyclone Gabrielle,
Hawke’s Bay father dies after driving over deceptive bridge
Video shows a deceptively collapsed bridge the morning before a Hawke’s Bay father died after driving over it. Video / Supplied
Search for bodies in Napier called off due to sewage leak
A laborious and sweltering trip up Napier’s Tutaekuri River for search teams.
Cyclone raises serious questions about where we’ve been allowed to build
Professor looks into the history of land use and planning decisions at Muriwa.
‘Miniscule’: Govt cyclone support package prompts calls for more help
The cost of damage to orchards ranged from $150,000 to $250,000 per hectare.
Regions devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle to be hit by more rain; Still more than 1000 uncontactable
'It’s not good news', MetService warns.
Locals guard diggers, trucks fixing Napier highway amid looting fears
Several slips have caused large sections of State Highway 5 to fall away.
Eskdale family survive deadly floods after breaking boat out of shed
Rawinia Gray and her family clung to a small boat to escape the Esk Valley floods.
Focus: Current state of SH5 between Napier and Taupo
Current state of SH5 between Napier and Taupo. Video / Mike Scott
Wairoa tamariki go max horse power during gas shortage
‘A horse and a rope and away we go’: Wairoa tamariki go max horse power during gas shortage. Video / Supplied