Many residents in the North Island have been evacuated and Napier City and Hastings District have declared a local state of emergency. Cyclone Gabrielle lashed North Island regions overnight, with major flooding and slips...

A satellite image showing Cyclone Gabrielle over New Zealand on February 13, 2023. Photo: Zoom Earth / JMA / NOAA / CIRA It has been a soggy few weeks for the upper North Island,...

Cyclone Gabrielle continues to move southeast down the upper North Island, bringing severe weather with it. Tens of thousands of homes are without power across Northland, Auckland and Coromandel as severe wind gusts and...

Dargaville’s CBD has flooded on previous occasions. File pic Photo: LDR / Northern Advocate Dargaville businesses are hurriedly sandbagging their premises amidst growing flooding fears as Cyclone Gabrielle’s prevailing winds swing round to the...