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Cyclone Gabrielle: Death toll rises to 11, Civil Defence targets isolated...
RNZ News
The number of people in Aotearoa New Zealand whose deaths have been officially linked to Cyclone Gabrielle has risen to 11, with confirmation...
Former Fiji PM Bainimarama suspended over breaching parliamentary privilege
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's opposition leader Voreqe Bainimarama has been suspended for three years as an MP for breaching parliamentary privilege.
It comes after the ex-prime minister...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Pasifika songs of gratitude ring out across Hawke’s Bay
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
In the midst of all the destruction from Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand, Pasifika voices singing songs of...
Cyclone Gabrielle zone: ‘I’d call it an apocalypse’ says survivor –...
By Tess Brunton, RNZ News reporter
The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is rising -- now 9 -- and many areas...
Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change...
ANALYSIS: By Mark Bloomberg, University of Canterbury
The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by...
Indigenous Papuan negotiators walk to forest hideout to seek release of...
Jubi News in Jayapura
An indigenous Papuan negotiation team has traversed rugged highlands forests in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province in search of the New Zealand...
Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns...
RNZ News
New Zealanders should be prepared for the number of fatalities in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle to increase, says Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
He...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tolaga Bay farmer seething over forestry slash floods
By Sally Murphy, RNZ News reporter
Widespread damage has hit farms across Aotearoa New Zealand's North Island with those in parts of Gisborne and Hawke's...
Indonesia to negotiate with West Papuan rebels for NZ pilot’s release
By Tria Dianti in Jakarta
Authorities in Indonesia’s Melanesian province Papua will negotiate with indigenous pro-independence rebels to secure the release of a New Zealand...
Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll rises, ‘grave concerns’ for several missing
RNZ News
As a huge effort ramps up in Aotearoa New Zealand to restore essential services to thousands of people in Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay,...
NZ Defence Force starts supplying stricken Wairoa with food, water
RNZ News
A NZ Defence Force operation was beginning tonight to supply Wairoa in New Zealand's North Island with food and water after being cut...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after...
RNZ News
The extent of devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is still unfolding with vast areas of the North Island flooded,...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Severity of damage ‘not seen in a generation’, says...
RNZ News
At least 2500 people have been displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle this week, says Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty.
About 1000 of those are in...
NZ declares national emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes fury across...
RNZ News
A national state of emergency has been declared today after Cyclone Gabrielle unleashed fury across the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
There has...
West Papuan national liberation rebel group says kidnapped NZ pilot safe
RNZ Pacific
A rebel group in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province of Papua who abducted New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens says he is safe.
The New Zealander,...
Cyclone Gabrielle lashes NZ’s North Island – Whāngarei basin residents told...
RNZ news
A state of emergency has been declared in Northland, Auckland, Thames-Coromandel and this morning Ōpōtiki and Tairāwhiti as Cyclone Gabrielle starts to wreak...
Cyclone Gabrielle: The science behind its massive power
RNZ News
It has been a soggy few weeks for Aotearoa New Zealand's upper North Island, with late January's Auckland downpour and now, Cyclone Gabrielle.
States...
Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua...
ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong
“Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is -- no one ever had anything bad to say...
Thousands without power, evacuations begin as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ
RNZ News
Cyclone Gabrielle was battering parts of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand with strong winds and heavy rain last night.
Most of the...
Northland declares state of emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ
RNZ News
Northland has declared a state of emergency and the Auckland Harbour Bridge has been closed as steady rain and strong winds from Cyclone...
Fiji to probe Korean Grace Road cult land deals – 31...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
The Grace Road Church made 31 acquisitions of land during the reign of the FijiFirst government and it has several...
Red weather warnings as Cyclone Gabrielle makes NZ landfall
RNZ News
Cyclone Gabrielle is already bringing steady rain and strong winds to northern parts of Aotearoa New Zealand after sparing Norfolk Island and MetService...



























































