Newsroom
Red-zoning may have offered an immediate solution after the Canterbury earthquakes, but didn't answer the big questions about rebuilding – the questions Cyclone Gabrielle now forces us to address.
The Conversation
Floods are often followed by waves of diseases because pathogens shed by animals can survive in flood waters for days, raising the risk of infection for humans.
Opinion: Associate Professor Martin Brook writes on people moving back in to disaster-affected homes.
RNZ
Children's advocacy and aid charity Unicef says there is a need for child-sensitive disaster preparedness, response and recovery plans.
Several kilometres of the region's flood defences were overwhelmed by Cyclone Gabrielle.
RNZ
Police say hundreds of staff across the country worked to contact and locate more than 6000 people previously on the list.
Stuff
Rivers heavy with silt and green pastures turned to moonscapes by Cyclone Gabrielle are visible on new, highly-detailed satellite imagery.
RNZ
SH25 in Coromandel has partially reopened to light vehicles after a section of the highway fell away, but the mayor says the latest slip is bringing more anxiety to the region.
Newshub
It's on top of other support.
Stuff
Hipkins will speak following the weekly post-Cabinet meeting, as a state of national emergency is extended for Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti.
RNZ
Insurers have already paid out more than $110 million, and the bill is expected to just keep rising.
Stuff
State Highway 25 was closed between Hikuai and Whangamata, while firefighters spent all night attending flooded homes in Thames-Coromandel and Bay of Plenty.
Stuff
Almost three weeks ago, deadly Cyclone Gabrielle tore through the East Coast, leaving thousands displaced. But what's life like now?
For this Te Tai Tokerau community, resilience in times of crisis is a way of life.
The small rural community of Pehiri, a 30-minute drive west of Gisborne, has been isolated since Cyclone Gabrielle swept away its bridges.
Stuff
Cyclone Gabrielle left behind damaged and destroyed lives. It also left a flood of online gossip. And some insisted, wrongly, that the true death toll was much higher.
The climate is changing. Our defences are failing. And in some cases, they’re making things worse.
Newshub
One farmer said the best thing they can do right now is to keep looking out for each other.
It comes as the Government considers whether vulnerable homeowners in West Auckland could get bailouts.
Locals are tired of dealing with forestry waste when there's a major weather event and they want things to change.
Mayor Craig Little said 117 once red-stickered properties are now yellow-stickered, meaning they are now partially accessible.
Newshub
The watch is in place from 3pm on Sunday through to 10am on Monday.
ZB
Relocating properties may be a necessary step to prepare for future natural disasters. The Queensland town of Grantham was hit by a deadly flood in 2011, p
The town, north of Napier in Hawke's Bay faces a major clean-up.
Newsroom
Aged 67, with eyelash extensions and a year of weightlifting under her belt, Lindy Andrews joined Taskforce Kiwi - a volunteer group made up of defence and emergency services veterans - to get stuck in with cyclone relief in Hawkes Bay
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
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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.
