Muriwai firefighter

"I acknowledge the difficult time this is for all of us, particularly for family, the Muriwai Volunteer Fire Brigade and all at Fire and Emergency New Zealand," ...

"Our teams on the ground... "It may be worth saying as we enter today as the sun comes up… "

Two deaths have been confirmed overnight, though only one of these has definitively been linked to the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle. The emergency management ...

Fire and Emergency and Police have have told the minister they were able to meet the demand for resources in flood-hit areas. “I received a text this morning from the mayors of Gisborne and Napier/Hastings but I don’t know if that was sent yesterday,” he said. “The longer the search goes on, we’ve got grave concerns for the safety of our firefighter,” an official said. “Our intention is to bring our firefighter home.” About 1,000 people were rescued yesterday in Hawke’s Bay but that number “was going to climb”. “But what is of concern is there are still areas that don’t have power.” Roughly 300 people were rescued from rooftops in Hawke’s Bay yesterday when the weather cleared. The choppers have also been assisting in moving 60 to 100 people from Hastings and transporting medical supplies around the region. A clearer picture is also emerging of the devastation caused in the area with aerial shots of Wairoa showing the extent of the flood damage. On the power situation, the minister said about 144,000 households across the North Island were still in the dark. As explained by Stuff, she was due to visit the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals centenary event in Palmerston North because of her connection as a colonel in chief. Want to read The Bulletin in full?