Eskdale family survive deadly floods after breaking boat out of shed
Rawinia Gray and her family clung to a small boat to escape the Esk Valley floods.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Deliveries go off with military precision
Inside the Civil Defence and military-run distribution centre.
Flood-ravaged Twyford community cleaning up with help from outside
Carpenters from Levin are among those assisting residents hit by nearly 2m-high floods.
Up to the challenge again - and this time we’re bringing reinforcements
A Dannevirke fire crew are taking up the Sky Tower challenge
Queensland disaster response team: We get floods 'but this is different'
Specialist Australian firefighters rush over to help with search and rescue.
Connection problems in Dannevirke caused by intermittent power
Service provider asks for patience as they work to reconnect communities.
Linda Hall: We might be down but we are far from out
It’s okay to feel emotional - even if you haven’t been directly affected by the cyclone.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Health warning issued over dust, floodwaters
People are being warned of the health risk from dry silt becoming airborne.
Kiwi businesses' generous donations to Red Cross/NZ Herald/NZME campaign
Donations follow huge community support for fundraiser.
EIT’s main campus was ‘90 per cent’ flooded, won’t open before March
Eastern Institute of Technology Te Pūkenga is working to get courses up and running.
Cyclone Gabrielle: How you can donate and volunteer to help in CHB
Where to donate and where to volunteer after region hit hard by cyclone.
Kind of a pig deal: Rescued piglet to bring home the bacon for flood relief
Ryan Jennings and Nelly Conway are raising money for their cousin who has lost everything.
Givealittle page for family of flood victim Ivy Collins raises over $250k
The page is raising funds to help the grieving family rebuild their life.
Country artists stream living room gigs to raise funds for flood relief
Country artists across the motu have showcased their skills online for flood relief.
'We will rebuild': Pan Pac, Ravensdown committed to recovery
Pan Pac and Ravensdown have comitted to staying put in Napier and fixing their facilities.
'They never came': Mother left stranded on roof with four children
Jo Cox believed her daughter and grandchildren were dead when the river came up.
Looters take 'whatever was left undestroyed' at Napier Golf Club
It wasn't just floodwaters that ravaged the Napier Golf Club.
'Heartbreaking': Dad digging to 5yo daughter’s grave buried under cyclone silt
Against a backdrop of activity, Peter quietly works away shovelling.
Opinion: Govt risks losing rural Kiwis left to fight Gabrielle on their own
Rural communities have gone days without support.
On MEUTE: The German techno band set to wow Womad
Audiences can expect a highly energetic live techno show, says band.
'We are very lucky': Tangoio Marae takes the brunt of the storm
Its floors have been coated in a knee-deep sea of mud.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Craggy Range rises to the occasion
Hawke's Bay winery goes into the free food business.
'Right thing': Lorde postpones Hawke's Bay concerts, issues message for locals
Pop star Lorde has issued a heartfelt message for those impacted by the cyclone.
'Ready to boil over': Whirinaki community mucking in - as tension over looters rises
Checkpoints set up by residents to stop looters, as 'unreal' community clean up continues.
Convoys still going out to cut off communities and MP visits
Tararua District Council is still working to reach people cut off by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Napier records second-wettest day ever
'Gabrielle is one of the worst storms to hit Aotearoa New Zealand in living history.'
Reserve among issues discussed by Dannevirke Community Board
A Dannevirke resident has raised the issue of repairs needed at a local spot.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Reshuffle and AVL allows courts to reopen in Hastings
Jury trials were called off and could be affected into next month.
$5m raised! Generous Kiwis contribute to Red Cross/NZ Herald/NZME campaign
Donation follows huge community support for fundraiser.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa’s spirit praised by workers despite colossal devastation
No food, water, power or roading - yet locals offered beers to aid workers in the midst.
CHB towns' water situation 'critical' after pumps fail
Both flood-damaged pumps at the Tikokino Road bore failed early today.
‘Can’t find daddy’: Gisborne woman’s desperate hunt for missing partner
Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri has been missing for a week after storm hit in Napier.
Watch: Man re-lives harrowing discovery of 80-year-old couple he thought were dead
Ian Cadwallader takes the Herald through house where he thought he'd find three bodies.