Wairoa in northern Hawke’s Bay after the Wairoa River burst its banks. Photo: Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Cyclone Gabrielle has severely impacted electricity supply and communications in parts of the North...

Ruawai College, pictured here, is a small snippet of Cyclone Gabrielles damage across Northland kura. Photo / Kaipara District Council Schools across Tai Tokerau have opted to close again for Wednesday as fears for...

Mike Procter. Photo: Soumya Bhamidipati / RNZ Cyclone Gabrielle may have bypassed most of Northland, but its outer reaches are still leaving a wake of destruction. The region is still feeling the force of...

Three rooms in Whangarei hospital’s emergency department are still closed due to a leaky ceiling. Photo / supplied Work to fix three rooms in Whangārei Hospital’s emergency department that started leaking due to the...

Schools across the motu are deciding whether to open as communities struggle to get back on their feet in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. Pat Newman​, principal at Hora Hora School in Whangārei, said...

Members of the navy take a man to safety in an inflatable hull vessel after his catamaran drifted out to sea in strong winds. Photo: Supplied / NZDF A lone sailor found himself drifting...