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'Challenging' and 'difficult' situation as Far North residents forced offline
The outages impacted 111 calls and banking and Eftpos services around the district.
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.
Hawke's Bay Corrections staff forced by weather to sleep in empty prison wing
Several prisons suffered damage or leaks in the weather carnage.
Cyclone Gabrielle: More fibre in infrastructure diet might be needed
Hold the line: How can we build a more resilient system?
Piha local narrowly escapes death as home reduced to rubble
Marine Parade has more than a dozen homes still submerged in water that will not drain.
Orchard workers swim through floodwaters, hold on to trees to get to safety
"I nearly gave up, but then I thought of my mum and dad back home".
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke’s Bay floods - Amazing photo shows horse stranded on roof
Animals were forced to find any refuge they could as floodwaters rose.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Latest on Tairāwhiti Gisborne
Properties in Gisborne being assessed for storm damage, people asked to save water.
Woman confirmed dead after landslip in Hawke's Bay, second body found at Napier beach
A woman has died after a bank collapsed onto her home in northern Hawke's Bay.
NZ MPs pay tribute as humanitarian crisis intensifies
New Zealand has so far contributed $4.5 million in aid to the disaster.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Waiheke Island cut off
Slips have caused road closures and there is no power at Matiatia Ferry Terminal.
People stranded on roofs: 'I don't know if they've been rescued'
Emergency services are scrambling to get to people stranded on roofs after heavy flooding.
How Gabrielle's fury has exposed flaws in our major cities
This chaotic season must lead to change.
'Prepare for significant time without power'
Thousands are without power after widespread damage to the electricity network.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Main impact felt overnight
Forests, roads, parks and schools were closed as Cyclone Gabrielle arrived.
Repeated rain destabilises Kiwi perches
OPINION: Our editorial on Cyclone Gabrielle lashing already-sodden areas.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Air NZ to resume flights Tuesday as storm passes
Some 10,000 international passengers have been disrupted by the cyclone in Auckland.
Live: 'Just the beginning' - Gabrielle's eye on NZ: Heavy winds, monster waves; thousands without power
The whole of the North Island was put under a tranche of weather warnings yesterday.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Which schools are closed in Auckland?
Auckland Transport is urging people to avoid all non-urgent travel until Tuesday.
Cyclone Gabrielle slams north, NZ transport shutdown & Council urgently probes falling streetlamps | Focus Morning Bulletin: 13 February, 2023
Heavy winds and monster waves hit the upper North Island as Cyclone Gabrielle moves in, how the bad weather’s affecting our transport and roads and the death toll in Turkey and Syria rises in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Brunt of cyclone forces Northland schools to close
All Far North schools have made the decision to close on Monday as the cyclone bears down.
Disabled man’s house wrecked in floods, much-needed modifications ruined
Jonathan Ross has lost housing modifications and medical equipment in the floods.
Cyclone Gabrielle: 10 of the worst tropical cyclones to hit NZ
Ex-tropical cyclones have wrought havoc in NZ. Here's 10 of the worst.
Local Syrian community heartbroken after quake, worried for families
Worried families in NZ fear for those they cannot contact after catastrophic quake.
Flood-weary Aucklanders prepare for Cyclone Gabrielle
335 families are still in temporary housing after the recent devastating floods.
Quake death toll passes 20,000 as survivors struggle to stay warm and fed
Grim toll has surpassed 2011 Fukushima quake and tsunami that killed more than 18,400.
'A little miracle' no one injured in 'horrific' Maungatapu slip - PM
Hipkins visited families displaced after slips who are now fighting for insurance cover.
Cyclone Gabrielle warnings: Auckland mayor extends state of emergency
Most models are showing Cyclone Gabrielle will directly hit New Zealand next week.
Cyclone Gabrielle warnings: Residents told to 'prepare for worst' - and to stock up on essentials
Most models are showing Cyclone Gabrielle will directly hit New Zealand next week.
Turkish holiday turns into helping earthquake survivors for Kiwi couple
Denise McCabe and her Turkish husband are helping after major quake.
Hope fading as quake deaths pass 11,000, window for survival closes
Race on as “statistically today is the day when we’re going to stop finding people".
Death toll in Turkey earthquake tops 7200, race to find survivors continues
Millions of people affected; state of emergency declared in 10 provinces.
Family holiday ends in disaster for tourists after bach hit by landslide
Mounting medical costs are another strain on a family caught in the Orua Bay landslide.