East Coast

Mana whenua in Tai Rāwhiti have held a blessing ceremony before the construction of a temporary bridge that will reconnect communities cut off since Cyclone Gabrielle.

A Tai Rāwhiti education programme that boasts a one-year waiting list has bad news for schools eagerly awaiting their turn to visit.

Gisborne council has already successfully prosecuted five forestry companies for slash damage in storms. Now it is extending its investigations in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.

In the two weeks following the cyclone, Peter Clough was busy helping people, and it wasn't until later he discovered his own contents insurance was not actually set up.

While South Island growers are working hard to meet demand, the horticulture industry says there is another solution.

There is a collective sense of dread that comes whenever the sky turns grey, a pall of anxiety that descends whenever the rain returns.

Some in the cyclone-battered Hawke's Bay and Tai Rāwhiti regions are describing further relief funding for the primary sector as "a drop in the ocean" Audio

Hundreds of Napier residents are calling for the police Eagle helicopter to stay in Hawke's Bay beyond the disaster response.

North Island areas still cleaning up from Cyclone Gabrielle damage could be in for further stormy weather this weekend.

It is not too early to talk about retreating rather than rebuilding after Cyclone Gabrielle, says an engineer who helped move an entire Australian town after floods. Audio

The Act Party has announced a bundle of policies it says will help flood-affected regions bounce back faster.

Wayne Simpson and his guests smashed through the roof of his two-storey shed to save their lives from flooding. He says no one can safely live in the area again.

Residents and business owners whose properties have been destroyed by the cyclone face an agonising wait to see if they will be red-zoned.

With so many good deeds and donations flying around the East Coast in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, one organisation saw the need to keep track.

Communities isolated by Cyclone Gabrielle are making the best of things as Civil Defence tries to keep essential supplies flowing.

Police say the building on Cochrane Street in Elgin caught alight about 7pm on Thursday.

A Gisborne couple tasked with an eye-watering clean-up feel they were neglected by the district council.

Police are renewing their appeals for sightings of a man who disappeared about the time Cyclone Gabrielle hit Hawke's Bay and the East Coast.

Forestry estates in Tai Rāwhiti and Hawke's Bay have suffered significant damage.

A new flight service has been launched on the East Coast giving vulnerable communities the ability to avoid damaged roads in the region. Audio