Hawke's Bay

It is a welcome boost for the wine industry as it recovers from Cyclone Gabrielle.

Residents affected by Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland floods say their accommodation money is running out.

Napier has received a shipment of back-up generators to run its stormwater pump stations, more than two years after it identified they were needed.

Māori place names are being added to new road signs in Hastings.

The Hawke's Bay District Council is questioning whether enough funds have been allocated from Budget 2023 to repair the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.

The Labour Party has revealed its new candidate to contest the Napier seat, replacing the disgraced Stuart Nash.

A group of volunteer students say they will work "bloody hard" to finish re-fencing a 30 kilometre stretch of farmland in Hawke's Bay this week.

The Hawke's Bay meatworks was sentenced after a teenage worker who was just weeks into the job was seriously injured by a cutting machine in October 2020.

Advocates warn mental health services will not be able to cope with the rising tide of post-cyclone trauma.

New Zealand has had decades of warnings about the effects of deforestation of hillsides, draining of wetlands and building behind stopbanks, a freshwater expert says.

New Zealand needs to prepare for the reality that weather events such as Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary floods will continue to happen 'more and more', the finance minister says. Audio

The devastated stretch of SH2 between Napier and Wairoa has reopened, and reporter Kate Green drove the highway to get an early glimpse of how it lies now.

Councils in some of the regions hit hardest by Cyclone Gabrielle are relieved the government is promising to pay for the repair job on local roads, so the cost will not fall back on ratepayers.

Analysis - Wairoa is years behind on some high-priority water supply projects, but the jobs it did put first paid off when Cyclone Gabrielle hit.

Families are still displaced and hundreds of homes unliveable in Wairoa, three months after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Silt is clogging the rivers, birds are in the wrong place, and trout are in the drains. The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle have been devastating to native species.

The action is affecting schools from Wellington north to Taranaki and Hawke's Bay.

The Rangitata has made 13 trips between the two North Island cities in its first month of operation, transporting vital supplies after road closures caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Labour's Kelvin Davis has brushed off the shock departure of Meka Whaitiri, while her leader has called it an "awakening". Audio