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February 16, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis The brave little shrubs are doing their valiant best to stay intact as a plant pot skids across our balcony in Cyclone Gabrielle’s first caress. With much worse yet to come I need to know what, where, and when. I need information and, if I have to cut my way through ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/gavin-ellis-thank-god-for-news-media-in-a-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
RNZ News The extent of devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is still unfolding with vast areas of the North Island flooded, at least 2500 evacuated and Wairoa cut off by phone and road. Power is now mostly back on in the northern Hawke’s Bay town but its 8000 residents have no ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after bank collapses on home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/cyclone-gabrielle-wairoa-cut-off-amid-nz-devastation-woman-dies-after-bank-collapses-on-home/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after bank collapses on home">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2023
The national state of emergency is declared. Video: RNZ News The declaration, signed at 8.43am, will apply to the six regions that have already declared a local State of Emergency — Northland, Auckland, Tairāwhiti, Bay of Plenty, Waikato, and Hawkes Bay. A national state of emergency gives the National Controller legal authority to apply further ... <a title="NZ declares national emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes fury across North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/14/nz-declares-national-emergency-as-cyclone-gabrielle-unleashes-fury-across-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about NZ declares national emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes fury across North Island">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
RNZ News Cyclone Gabrielle was battering parts of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand with strong winds and heavy rain last night. Most of the North Island is covered by some kind of Severe Weather Watch or Warning either for wind, rain or both. Red heavy rain warnings have been issued for Northland, Auckland, ... <a title="Thousands without power, evacuations begin as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/thousands-without-power-evacuations-begin-as-cyclone-gabrielle-hits-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands without power, evacuations begin as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2023
RNZ News Northland has declared a state of emergency and the Auckland Harbour Bridge has been closed as steady rain and strong winds from Cyclone Gabrielle hit Aotearoa New Zealand today, but MetService says this is just the beginning. The Northland Regional council said a precautionary state of emergency had been declared for an initial ... <a title="Northland declares state of emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/12/northland-declares-state-of-emergency-as-cyclone-gabrielle-hits-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Northland declares state of emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2023
RNZ News Cyclone Gabrielle is already bringing steady rain and strong winds to northern parts of Aotearoa New Zealand after sparing Norfolk Island and MetService warns there is plenty more on the way. A red heavy rain warning has been issued for Coromandel, Gisborne north of Tolaga Bay, and Auckland, including Great Barrier Island and ... <a title="Red weather warnings as Cyclone Gabrielle makes NZ landfall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/12/red-weather-warnings-as-cyclone-gabrielle-makes-nz-landfall/" aria-label="Read more about Red weather warnings as Cyclone Gabrielle makes NZ landfall">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2023
RNZ news Coromandel Peninsula and Gisborne north of Tolaga Bay are now under red heavy rain warnings in Aotearoa New Zealand linked to Cyclone Gabrielle. MetService says it expects up to 400 mm of rain to fall in the regions, mostly on Monday. Civil Defence Controller for the Coromandel Garry Towler said that as well ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle closes in on Aotearoa: Warnings and forecasts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/11/cyclone-gabrielle-closes-in-on-aotearoa-warnings-and-forecasts/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle closes in on Aotearoa: Warnings and forecasts">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ Te Ao Māori news A fortnight after the floods in Tāmaki Makaurau and as Aotearoa New Zealand braces for Cyclone Gabriel the reality is setting in for many. Mother of four Kataraina Toka’s Mount Roskill home is yellow-stickered after being damaged by flooding on January 27. For now, she is living ... <a title="Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s worse now’ – whānau cope with losses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/aucklands-great-flood-if-you-think-it-was-bad-before-its-worse-now-whanau-cope-with-losses/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s worse now’ – whānau cope with losses">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Many Pasifika families affected by the flash floods and torrential rainfall that have lashed New Zealand’s North Island over the past few days were braced for more bad weather overnight. With four people dead and hundreds forced out of their homes over the weekend a state of emergency remained ... <a title="Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/flash-flood-impacted-pasifika-communities-in-nz-on-alert/" aria-label="Read more about Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace claimed today claimed New Zealand’s extreme rain and flooding crisis in the North Island at the weekend as a “climate disaster”. “As our friends, family and neighbours across Auckland and the North Island have been battered by unprecedented rain and flooding, it’s a visceral reminder that climate change is upon us ... <a title="Call NZ’s catastrophic deluge a ‘climate disaster’, says Greenpeace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/call-nzs-catastrophic-deluge-a-climate-disaster-says-greenpeace/" aria-label="Read more about Call NZ’s catastrophic deluge a ‘climate disaster’, says Greenpeace">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
RNZ News A fourth person has been found dead as a result of New Zealand’s catastrophic floods on Friday, which have now spread to other parts of the country. Police said in a statement that Search and Rescue, who had been looking for a person swept away by floodwaters in Waikato’s Onewhero, had found a ... <a title="NZ police confirm fourth death after man swept away by floodwaters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/nz-police-confirm-fourth-death-after-man-swept-away-by-floodwaters/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police confirm fourth death after man swept away by floodwaters">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2023
RNZ News Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has acknowledged the way Aucklanders have come together and opened their homes to those in need, with the New Zealand government focused on providing the resources needed to get the city back up and running. The new prime minister — just four days into the job — has been ... <a title="‘Take care of each other’, says PM Hipkins after assessing Auckland flood damage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/28/take-care-of-each-other-says-pm-hipkins-after-assessing-auckland-flood-damage/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Take care of each other’, says PM Hipkins after assessing Auckland flood damage">Read more</a>
