Tag: Cyclone Gabrielle
Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
Parliament has ended for another term, shutting down ahead of the Aotearoa New Zealand election campaign with...
Researchers warn over climate crisis ‘fringe views’ danger as NZ election...
By David Robie
Two researchers examining responses to conspiratorial pandemic narratives have warned Aotearoa New Zealand not to be complacent over the risk of fringe...
Hipkins grants Fiji $11m in climate crisis aid as Rabuka renews...
By RNZ reporters and Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament yesterday while on his...
Greenpeace accuses Labour govt of ‘robbing’ climate mitigation funds to fix...
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' decision to "reprioritise" future transport budgets -- away from walking, cycling and public transport -- in...
Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under...
RNZ Mediawatch
Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many in Aotearoa New Zealand during last month's Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without...
Climate strikes: Thousands march in NZ to demand action from government
RNZ News
Thousands of people turned up for climate strikes across Aotearoa New Zealand today -- and briefly staged a sit-in at Christchurch City Council.
School...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Insurer says 20,000 NZ homes at risk of severe...
By Amy Williams, RNZ News journalist
Aotearoa New Zealand's largest insurer says 20,000 homes across the country are at severe risk of flooding and it...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Vanuatu RSE workers ‘safe and cared for’, say officials
Vanuatu Daily Post
A number of ni-Vanuatu Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) workers have also been impacted on by New Zealand's Cyclone Gabrielle devastation, particularly those...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Police report number of uncontactable people down to single...
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand police report that the number of people cited as uncontactable following Cyclone Gabrielle has dropped to eight -- down from 13...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tornado hits Waihi Beach amid more wild weather in...
RNZ News
A tornado has torn through New Zealand's Bay of Plenty settlement of Waihi Beach ripping roofs off houses and cutting power to nearly...
Cyclone Gabrielle: More heavy rain for NZ’s disaster-hit northern regions
RNZ News
New Zealand civil defence staff have sent out text alerts to residents in North and West Auckland today to avoid unecessary travel as...
Cyclone Gabrielle: New weather warnings for flood-hit NZ regions
RNZ News
New Zealand's MetService has issued an orange warning meaning heavy rain is on the way for cyclone-hit Hawke's Bay.
From now through until 10am...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Time to invest in natives in response to devastating...
ANALYSIS: By David Norton, University of Canterbury
During Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle the poor management of exotic plantations in Aotearoa New Zealand -- primarily pine...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located
RNZ News
A further 300 people listed as "uncontactable" in New Zealand in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle have been found.
About 800 people in Hawke's...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers
RNZ Pacific
More than 400 workers from the Pacific evacuated to a Napier church during Cyclone Gabrielle should be able to return to more permanent...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hipkins announces recovery taskforce, $50m support
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Finance Minister Grant Robertson have announced a $50 million support package to provide immediate relief for...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Historic shot tower to be demolished as storm risk
RNZ News
The historic shot tower in Aotearoa New Zealand's Auckland suburb of Mt Eden which caused concern that it could fall during the worst...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Lives ‘turned upside down . . . destroyed’, says...
RNZ News
Almost 30,000 homes have no power and major supply chains have been disrupted in Aotearoa New Zealand -- and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins...
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...
Mediawatch on Gabrielle: ‘I’m proud to be working on this newspaper’
A powerful day in the history of the Gisborne Herald. Video: Gisborne Herald
RNZ Mediawatch
New Zealand's media were in emergency mode yet again this week,...
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...