Te Araroa grandmother’s harrowing flood escape
A grandmother who fled rising floodwaters with her moko is overwhelmed by the scale of destruction in her…
Gisborne motorists accused of ‘bullying’ road crews
Tairāwhiti Civil Defence is urging motorists to obey road closures amid reports of people “bullying” traffic management crews.…
PM details response after landslips, floods
Cabinet has been meeting for the first time since last week’s fatal weather-related events across the North Island.…
Weeks of work to clear part of State Highway 35 due to ‘massive’ slip
It will take weeks of work to clear part of State Highway 35 on the East Cape where…
Gisborne coastal communities remain cut off
Locals in Te Araroa, north of Gisborne, fled for their lives as what’s proved to be a deadly…
NZ in ‘state of emergency’ following record-breaking storm
New Zealand’s Emergency Minister has described parts of the country’s North Island as looking “like a war zone”…
Fake calls made overnight for people to evacuate in Gisborne
A number of residents in the Gisborne region have reported receiving suspicious phone calls from someone claiming to…
Family ‘traumatised’ after five hours huddled on Te Araroa roof
A family spent a terrifying night on their roof as floodwaters raged around their home at Te Araroa…
Extent of East Coast flooding damage emerges
A Te Araroa woman who spent the night in her car as water levels rose says by daylight,…
Live: Mt Maunganui campground slip – 'we could find someone alive' – 1News
Live: Mt Maunganui campground slip – ‘we could find someone alive’ 1NewsSigns of life – then silence: Missing campers…
Te Araroa family rescued from home after hours on roof in Tairāwhiti Gisborne
“They were up there in that howling gale and rain clinging to their roof all night. They never…
Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz urges residents to prepare
As severe weather sweeps the Gisborne region, Mayor Rehette Stoltz asks residents to “be vigilant” and “prepare”, with…