As Cyclone Gabrielle bears down on the upper North Island, Kathryn speaks with Auckland lines company Vector’s spokesperson Peter Ryan and Maungaturoto Civil Defence committee member Terri Donaldson in Kaipara.  Also RNZ reporter in...

Windy/Supplied Cyclone Gabrielle was sitting 250km north of Cape Reinga on Monday morning. Cyclone Gabrielle’s impacts are already being felt across much of the upper North Island, even as it sits roughly 250km north...

Nearly 30,000 households are without power in Northland and the Far North amid Cyclone Gabrielle, with people warned they could be without electricity for a week. Northpower said on Monday morning there were about...

Contractor Jimmy Daisley says it’s time Whangārei District Council pays the $6.1 million a High Court has ordered it to pay him. Photo / Michael Cunningham A digger driver owed $6 million by his...

A number of schools across the North Island have closed as Cyclone Gabrielle approaches. Is your school closed? Email aucklandnewsroom@stuff.co.nz Chief executive and secretary for education Iona Holsted said on Sunday that following a...

Cyclone Gabrielle is already bringing strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the North Island. Most of the North Island is covered by some kind of Severe Weather Watch or Warning either for...