Tag: Hawke’s Bay
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: 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: 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: 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...
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: 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: 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...