Latest from Hawke's Bay

‘We’ve seen no help’: Isolated Hawke’s Bay village locals feel abandoned after cyclone

Roads are caked in mud and paddocks have become lakes in Puketapu.

Urgent medical care centres and GPs open across Hawke’s Bay

Te Whatu Ora Hawke's Bay has provided information on urgent medical care centres and GPs.

Local Focus: 24 people rescued after being stuck for two days

12 Fernhill residents and 12 Samoa RSE workers have been rescued by helicopter.

Chorus reveals scale of East Coast fibre devastation, telcos fly in mini towers, satellite gear

UFB network operator suffers double whammy.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Call for electricity conservation; Napier remains without power for estimated two weeks

Unison is asking those with power to conserve it as restoration efforts are ongoing.

Ground zero: Eskdale family returns to a home buried by a flood

”It is unbelievable. You can’t fathom it. There is nothing left to salvage."

'It's a struggle': Queue for hours to fill cars, refill gas bottles in Napier

One man says the queues are evidence people, like himself, need to be better prepared.

'Text me': Wairoa mayor's message of hope, pledge to help whānau reconnect

The mayor of the storm-ravaged town has pledged to help family reconnect.

'Unstable conditions' bring more heavy rain, severe thunderstorm threat to Auckland

Rain in Auckland would be fast-moving and wouldn’t remain over any given area for long.

No power in Napier expected for two weeks; health services update

Thousands are still without power across the region today.

Cyclone Gabrielle: What we know about the five confirmed deaths

The storm has left death and catastrophe in its wake.

Watch: Holy cow! Moment herd in neck-deep floods swim to safety

Neck-deep in water, the cows were centimetres from drowning. Then their owner had a plan.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Road near Waipawa cut off by floodwater

Inspection staff say the road has been compromised in multiple areas.

Child among four dead in cyclone destruction; 1442 people 'uncontactable' - 'grave fears' for some; 160,000 without power

Quarter of a million people were left without power yesterday, entire communities cut off.

Watch: Terrifying moment mum, young kids battle raging flood current to get to safety

Stay put and hope the weather gods are kind, or risk raging floods to assure safety.

Facebook page set up to help people find missing Hawke's Bay loved ones

Police say there are 1442 people that have been listed as uncontactable.

‘Kia kaha Hawke’s Bay’ - Waiohiki faces a long recovery after two days of devastation

Everyone with a critical illness has been evacuated from the flood-destroyed settlement

Powerless: About 40,000 still without power in Hawke’s Bay

Expect further delays with power.