Line mechanics from Connetics and Scanpower arrived at Kerikeri Airport to help Top Energy crews get power back on to over 2000 residents in the Hokianga. Photo / Jenny Ling Extra line crews have...

Garden Manager Guy Hessell is pictured in front of where the bridge connecting the gardens would usually sit. Underneath, the river is covered by mud. It’s impossible to enter the gardens from its main...

Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis. Photo: NZME Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis says Northlanders should not expect gold-plated fixes for the region’s Cyclone Gabrielle-ravaged roads. His comments come as Prime Minister Chris...

Digger swamped with debris from cyclone Photo: Antonio Della Barca The number of deaths linked to the winds, landslips and floodwaters caused by Cyclone Gabrielle has risen to eight, with police this afternoon confirming...

Tom Lee/Stuff Police are being assisted by Coastguard and Search and Rescue to find a missing kayaker. (File photo) Search and rescue services are looking for a kayaker missing off a Far North bay....

ACE Rentals in Dargaville have been delivering excavators and sweepers to help clear storm damage, but the company’s yard flooded with the heavy rain. Photo: Supplied/ ACE Rentals Twenty Kaipara properties have been red-stickered...

Gisborne locals share details of their harrowing Cyclone Gabrielle experience. Video / Breakfast In under 12 hours we have received over 3000 donations totalling over $500,000 to the New Zealand Disaster Fund. We are...

People in Gisborne are being warned to stop using water immediately until further notice. The Gisborne District Council says the water treatment system has failed. Council manager Scotty Sharp says people need to “stop...