Muriwai

Muriwai firefighter Craig Stevens died in hospital last night after he was critically injured on Monday when a house fell in a slip. His colleague Dave van ...

Stevens was rescued and taken to the hospital in critical condition. “Craig and Dave died helping others, working with their teammates for the benefit of their community. “My thoughts and prayers are with Craig’s family, and with the family of his firefighter friend Dave van Zwanenberg... But he also loved a good book on the deck. His colleague Dave van Zwanenberg was trapped in the wreckage and was found dead on Wednesday. “It was palpable that they had been searching for one of their own, and they devoted themselves to that impossible task with the fervour one does for their own family.”

Residents in a coastal community in West Auckland have been left fearing for the future, after cyclone Gabrielle brought tons of land down in slips, ...

- If you are without power eat the food from your fridge first, then your freezer. He urged locals to refer to the council website if they have any questions. If you see rising water do not wait for official warnings. Act quickly if you see rising water. - A National State of Emergency is in place for an initial period of seven days and applies to regions that have declared a local State of Emergency. - People should stay up to date with the forecasts from MetService and continue to follow the advice of civil defence and emergency services. "Please respect the sadness and the grieving that's occurring in this community, stay away, this is a cordoned area, this community is in a state of recovery." It's just too much to comprehend." - If you are not able to contact your whānau in the heavily affected areas go to Police 105 website and complete the inquiry form or phone 105 and remember to update if you reconnect through other means. "There's a lot of sadness in the community," he said. [hit by heavy wind and rain](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018877942/cyclone-gabrielle-muriwai-community-grieves-firefighter-killed-in-slip), restricting access to the town and a slip hitting a house resulted in the death of [volunteer firefighter Dave van Zwanenberg](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/484323/dave-van-zwanenberg-widow-says-firefighter-who-died-in-muriwai-dedicated-to-family-community) earlier this week and [second firefighter Craig Stevens yesterday](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/484348/second-firefighter-caught-in-muriwai-landslide-has-died-fire-and-emergency-says). At a community meeting held at the Muriwai Golf Club on Thursday evening, locals were guided by Auckland Council and Emergency Management as to what the next steps would be.

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle is expected to rise. Authorities have confirmed that six people have been killed as a result of the storm. Over 10,000 ...

We've got good teams of staff that are really motivated, who are going to find these people and hold them to account for this." His death is not considered suspicious and will be referred to the coroner," police said. "There is no evacuation order in place for the Bridge Pa area. 2.15pm - Blue skies and settled weather is expected across the country in the coming days. Nearly all of the supermarkets in the affected regions are up and running, he said. The image on the left is from February 9, before the cyclone struck. "We are making progress but I can't overstate the scale of the task that is ahead of us. 5.44pm: He says the Government is continuing to use every resource available to search for people missing after the storms. "This will enable power to be supplied to parts of Napier City and suburbs. Then she passed up the children and a seven-month-old puppy...we sat in that roof space for a few hours." 6.50pm: "One of the first lessons you learn in journalism school is that people care more about things happening near them. - The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle is expected to rise.

The eighth victim claimed by Cyclone Gabrielle is reported to be a 59-year-old woman whose body was found in her cottage's roof cavity.

- If you are without power eat the food from your fridge first, then your freezer. Reader donations are critical to what we do. If you see rising water do not wait for official warnings. - A National State of Emergency is in place for an initial period of seven days and applies to regions that have declared a local State of Emergency. Act quickly if you see rising water. - People should stay up to date with the forecasts from MetService and continue to follow the advice of civil defence and emergency services. - If you are not able to contact your whānau in the heavily affected areas go to Police 105 website and complete the inquiry form or phone 105 and remember to update if you reconnect through other means. The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle rose to seven earlier today after police confirmed a person is believed to have died after being caught in flood waters in Waiohiki, near Napier. "The water that the Navy supplied is significant, the Navy can help in terms of drinking water but the volume we are looking at is significant and it will not be enough, what they can provide." "We've been sending the messages since we've been aware of Waimaki Park coming offline so people should have sufficiently gathered some of their supplies - if there are any issues we will be using some of the local supplies if it comes down to it and we cannot get the fix in in time." But although the Navy had brought a lot of water, Thatcher Swann said said it did not have sufficient supplies to use as a back-up and the water it supplied would be mostly for drinking. In a statement, police said they were investigating a death in Puketapu, west of Napier, and believed the person died after being caught in flood water.

What you need to know · The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle has climbed to at least seven after a body was found in Waiohiki, near Napier. · Locals in Gisborne ...

One of the firefighters caught in slip was missing for a day before his body was recovered, while Craig Stevens was taken to hospital in a critical condition. “Kiri Allan had been talked about in the media – to her horror,” writes Trevett. The detail of Trevett’s piece is such that she notes: “At the table next to them were a couple of tourists who had no idea who she was. The effects of climate change are beginning to pool at the feet of New Zealand’s coastal home owners. The cabinet minister had become visible and widely liked under Ardern and there was unfounded speculation she might throw her hat in the ring for the top job. The real reason was they didn’t want the media to see staff or MPs wandering about shocked and crying before the announcement.” He made reference to the floods, to geopolitics and the queasy global economic environment – and to the election in a little over six months time. The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle has climbed to at least seven after a body was found in Waiohiki, near Napier. He’d been called to the PM’s office alongside Grant Robertson and chief of staff Raj Nahna. We knew that only a handful of people had been made aware of her intention to step down. In a frantic, all-caps post on her Instagram, Allan reiterated the message not to use any town water. An operation is currently underway to get parts of the city connected to power, with work continuing through the night.

Professors and climate change experts say the devastating Muriwai disaster highlights what needs to be done to ensure something similar doesn't reoccur.