RNZ
Rural residents in North Auckland are facing a monumentous challenge ahead following Cyclone Gabrielle.
NZ Herald
Rawinia Gray and her family clung to a small boat to escape the Esk Valley floods.
RNZ
Nurses at Te Puia Springs Hospital are taking a hair-raising farm buggy ride in rugged terrain get to their shifts.
Newshub
The cost of living also remains front of mind for the Government.
Māori Television
4:25pm, Tuesday 21 February 2023. By Mana Wikaire-Lewis Facebook Twitter Email Link Share URL Copy URL
A washed out bridge wasn't going to stop Rob MacKenzie lending a helping hand.
RNZ
Lily Fearn and Ethan Cross sat huddled up and freezing on their roof before they followed neighbours into the floodwaters to find safety.
Newsroom
The furniture retailer is bringing more stock into cyclone-hit areas to meet local needs.
RNZ
A $50 million support packge for cyclone-hit businesses and farmers is being praised by Gisborne business leaders, while National says there's a lack of detail regarding financial support.
Newshub
A low may generate an "extended period of rain" for the east coast of the North Island.
Newsroom
West Auckland flood victims are working together to persuade ministers to set in place a compensation scheme to enable the managed retreat from homes they are too fearful to live in again. Jonathan Milne reports.
The Conversation
The beach community at Muriwai has experienced deadly landslide in the past, but houses were nevertheless allowed to be built on the debris of former slips.
todayfm.co.nz
"Give them some resources, give them access to capital, give them some access to labour, you just have to back them," Jonty Moffett told Tova O'Brien.
Newsroom
"The wind and rain are so loud, I don’t hear the trees go down." A Hawkes Bay author on the week from Hell.
NZ Herald
There are now 11 confirmed dead almost a week after the cyclone.
Stuff
Jo Cox believed her daughter and grandchildren were dead when they lost contact after the Tūtaekurī River enveloped their home, with the family huddled on the roof.
Newshub
Hipkins said the Government will work through a plan to figure out what homes will be purchased.
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
Mitigate That! Cyclone Gabrielle’s lesson is that New Zealand’s climate change adaptation efforts have been woefully insufficient, and that...
Māori Television
Isolated Māori aren’t getting enough resources to survive amid fears they may be forgotten days after Cyclone Gabrielle smashed some regions, according to a...
Newshub
The cyclone buried a Gisborne resident's expansive backyard garden.
NZ Herald
With floodwaters rising around her, Margaret had to act.
todayfm.co.nz
$250 million is being put towards fixing broken highway infrastructure with an additional $50 million going to businesses.
RNZ
Police have arrested 59 people for looting and dishonesty offending and more financial support is expected to be signed off by Cabinet today.
Newshub
That's despite locals being "very scared".
Māori Television
5:09pm, Monday 20 February 2023. By Mana Wikaire-Lewis Facebook Twitter Email Link Share URL Copy URL
NZ had plenty of warning that Cyclone Gabrielle was coming. Yet nothing could prepare the communities who found themselves rapidly swallowed up in the storm’s fury. Here’s how it all unfolded.
It’s been a year since the Auckland Anniversary floods took the lives of four people and caused billions of dollars’ worth of damage to properties and infrastructure.
RNZ
The former police commissioner is addressing media on his findings and recommendations after leading an inquiry into Auckland Council's handling of the January flood.
NZ Herald
Extraordinary new imagery shows Gabrielle's devastation in Hawke's Bay, before and after.
NPR
The world's worst cyclones hit Bangladesh. Floods are devastating. Yet death tolls are falling. The country's climate disaster strategies offer lessons for all coastal communities.
Climate change fuelled the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle in Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti last month.
Preparing means restoring natural systems, planning for floods – and building resilient social relationships.
RNZ
A summer of devastating storms has put the spotlight on the role of insurance - and insurance companies - in society.
the Guardian
Livelihoods in tatters after months of relentless rain and extreme weather – and the clean-up is just beginning
According to NIWA, it was the wettest summer on record for several major centres, including Napier, Auckland, Whangārei, Gisborne and Tauranga.
Stuff
Did the worst summer in recent memory see more warnings issued by the national meteorological agency than other years?
Stuff
OPINION: There is no shame in taking assistance. Everybody is behind you getting back on your feet.
RNZ
With thousands of vehicles water damaged from the Auckland January floods and Cyclone Gabrielle combined, insurance companies are swamped with claims. Drivers face many pitfalls and dilemmas. Here's what you need to know.
RNZ
In the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, many parents are facing a loss of home or livelihood or, at the every least, a massive cleanup. So what do you say to children about all of this ? Katy Gosset takes a look at how to calm their fears.
RNZ
With lives lost and countless homes and businesses devastated, it may seem trivial to talk about gardening, but for many our gardens are a source of joy and a place that helps us recover after a crisis. Gardener, author and broadcaster Lynda Hallinan takes your questions on how to restore a weather-damaged garden.
RNZ
Help is on the way for thousands of displaced homeowners struggling with insurance claims after the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle.
Māori Television
4:30pm, Friday 17 February 2023. By Mana Wikaire-Lewis Facebook Twitter Email Link Share URL Copy URL
Opinion: If there is any good to come out of the storms this year it is that it will encourage local and central government planners to ensure building consent means well-informed consent, says Martin Brook
NZ Herald
Incredible footage from space shows how Cyclone Gabrielle grew and turned into NZ's path.
Opinion: Two “one in a 100 year” floods within six years is not bad luck, it is a wakeup call to bring our environmental prediction and monitoring up to the task.
Stuff
From replacing spoiled food to putting a temporary roof over your head, your policy may cover more than you think.
Every degree of global warming could add between five and 15% of rainfall to the average, making extreme weather events increasingly devastating.
