'Heartbreaking': Dad digging to 5yo daughter’s grave buried under cyclone silt
Against a backdrop of activity, Peter quietly works away shovelling.
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'Massive' job ahead for cyclone recovery, forestry future uncertain & truancy officers return | Focus Morning Bulletin: 21 February, 2023
The millions announced for Cyclone Gabrielle recovery, the future of forestry in flood-hit regions remains uncertain and truancy officers return to schools in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Cyclone Gabrielle and a tale of two cities
OPINION: A Napier mother of two details the blows of Mother Nature, and finds hope.
'Like flying into a warzone': How Whanganui's helping the Cylone Gabrielle relief
Six personnel from the Whanganui Fire Station are assisting Urban Search and Rescue.
Generator sales through the roof as homes still without power in Northland
Power outages are persisting across the Northland region following Cyclone Gabrielle.
Truck and trailer units banned from Cove Rd
A major blockage on Cove Rd prompted a ban by Civil Defence.
10 days with no power, seven days trapped - life inside an isolated Northland valley
David Fisher walked into the isolated valley cut off from the world by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Hospitality community rallies around Quail Cafe owner as future uncertain
They're fundraising in a bid to "help the Quail fly again".
Editorial: Politics swept aside by needs
OPINION: Our editorial on the vastly changed political landscape.
Simon Wilson: Wild weather and wobbly ideas
Despite an apparent consensus, the climate is still beset with confusion and denialism.
Opinion: Govt risks losing rural Kiwis left to fight Gabrielle on their own
Rural communities have gone days without support.
‘We are now a mud flat’: The East Coast devastation and the long road to recovery
Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked havoc on the East Coast.
Cyclone Gabrielle: $300m for recovery, PM says police have looting under control
The Government has announced flood support as it plays down fears of crime.
‘Zero communication': Shot Tower apartment evacuation draws furious exchange
Residents kicked out at night: '72 hours later, we had not heard a thing.'
Cyclone Gabrielle: Govt pledges $300m; 11 dead; 2200 unaccounted for; state of emergency extended
There are now 11 confirmed dead almost a week after the cyclone.
Markets with Madison: Stop building on coastlines, floodplains - insurance exec
Tower Insurance CEO says councils must consider managed retreat now.
Passengers separated from bags and prescription drugs in luggage-handling chaos
Backlogs of mishandled bags have caused anxiety for travellers with missing prescriptions.
'We are very lucky': Tangoio Marae takes the brunt of the storm
Its floors have been coated in a knee-deep sea of mud.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Linesman describes ‘awesome feeling’ getting power back on for Hawke’s Bay
Hundreds of people have been working around the clock to restore power to Hawke's Bay.
'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: Civil Defence warns of health risk from contaminated silt
People helping to remove silt are being warned they should wear masks.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Napier records second-wettest day ever
'Gabrielle is one of the worst storms to hit Aotearoa New Zealand in living history.'
558 red-stickered homes in Auckland; cyclone-hit tower to be demolished over collapse fears
Residents next to a tower say they've been complaining for years.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Reshuffle and AVL allows courts to reopen in Hastings
Jury trials were called off and could be affected into next month.
$5m raised! Generous Kiwis contribute to Red Cross/NZ Herald/NZME campaign
Donation follows huge community support for fundraiser.
Consequences of flooding captured in drone footage
Drone footage of flooding on Swamp Rd and the surrounding area in Puketapu, Hawke's Bay, on the Tuesday morning after Cyclone Gabrielle. Video / Matt Wheatley
Thousands remain without power week after devastating weather began
'We’ve restored power to 73 per cent of customers in Napier and 95 per cent in Hastings.'
Cyclone Gabrielle: Thousands in East Coast likely to need temporary accommodation after cyclone - MBIE
Planning is under way to house those displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Sting cancels Napier show in wake of Cyclone Gabrielle
The singer will make a donation to the Hawke’s Bay Foundation’s Cyclone Relief Fund.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Nine homes red-stickered in Gisborne
A further 149 homes have been yellow-stickered.
‘Can’t find daddy’: Gisborne woman’s desperate hunt for missing partner
Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri has been missing for a week after storm hit in Napier.
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.
'Devoted’ mother survived breast cancer twice. She died after being swept away in flood
Susane Caccioppoli, a cancer survivor, was last seen by her boyfriend on February 14.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Puketapu community drawn closer together through flooding
People living in Puketapu have lost their homes, but found their community.
