MetService wanted to issue the severe warning the day before the cyclone made landfall, but faced opposition.

The timeliness and effectiveness of weather warnings and the emergency response to the Auckland Anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle will come under scrutiny in a coroner's inquest that gets ...

Three of the deaths relating to Cyclone Gabrielle occurred in the months after the cyclone. 'Right combo of wind, waves, tides': Why a pou swept away in cyclone was found 650 days later ...

Flood debris at Fernhill bridge and Ngaruroro Road in Hawkes Bay. Photo: Jonathan Bixley The families of the 12 people who died in Hawke's Bay during Cyclone Gabrielle want the Coronial Inquiry to ...

Work on repairing 11 major slips along Taihape Rd caused by Cyclone Gabrielle will begin in August with the awarding of the contract for this work, which is 100 per cent funded by Central Government.

He had one son, described as his “shining star”. Helen Street Helen Street tragically died at her house in the Napier suburb of Onekawa when Cyclone Gabrielle hit in February 2023.

While Cyclone Gabrielle has passed and the headlines have faded, the long haul to recover some kind of normality for many communities is ongoing. There’s winter to get through yet. Marae throughout ...

Photo / File Napier-Taihape Rd has reopened to the public after the cyclone. Photo / File Another major road has reopened in Hawke’s Bay after it was badly damaged during Cyclone Gabrielle.

Cyclone Gabrielle hit Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne, New Zealand’s second- and third-largest wine-producing regions, as winemakers were making final harvest preparations in February. “We have five ...

Too many New Zealanders were cut off without phone or internet access after Cyclone Gabrielle hit. Here are some of the back-up options we need before the next disaster strikes.

In Hawke's Bay, one of the areas worst hit by Gabrielle, heavy rains overnight brought a renewed flood risk to the region where an evacuation order was in place, Hawke's Bay Emergency Management ...

On February 12th, Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand, causing widespread flooding and leaving thousands of people without power. This powerful storm swept away the country’s North Island, and ...