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Heavy rains forecast for cyclone-hit areas of New Zealand

Parts of cyclone-stricken New Zealand could see heavy rains from Thursday as relief and recovery efforts continue and tens of thousands remain without power after Cyclone Gabrielle tore across the country's North Island last week.

Reuters

New Zealand needs to rebuild for weather resilience, PM says

New Zealand's prime minister says the country needs to rebuild with more resilient infrastructure to cope with more frequent and intense weather events

The Independent UK

Hipkins 'out of touch' on security risks in flood zone

Hawkes Bay locals challenge the PM to come and see the evidence for their crime fears for himself

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Cyclone Gabrielle will force buy-outs: NZ PM Hipkins

Cyclone Gabrielle's damage will lead to some New Zealanders facing compulsory buy-outs, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says, but it is too early to say where.

AAP

Hipkins taking his lead from Queensland flooding disaster

The Government is taking its Cyclone Gabrielle recovery cue from Queensland rather than Christchurch, in an attempt to avoid repeating past mistakes, writes @jo_moir

Newsroom.co.nz

Cyclone Gabrielle: New Zealand extends state of emergency

New Zealand announces relief package worth $186m, says cost of storm could rise above $8bn.

Al Jazeera

Former tropical cyclone Gabrielle death toll could rise in New Zealand as cabinet meets to discuss recovery plan

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says the recovery will come with a big price tag, and the government will have to refocus and reprioritise.

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Thousands go missing in a week after ‘once-in-a-century’ disaster strikes New Zealand

‘The true extent of the devastation and loss becomes clearer with every passing day’

The Independent UK

New Zealand’s cyclone death toll rises to 11 as thousands remain missing

Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country’s north on Monday, bringing widespread flooding, landslides and power cuts

Evening Standard

Thousands missing a week after Cyclone Gabrielle hits New Zealand

‘Steep mountain ahead,’ prime minister says as 11 deaths confirmed so far after storm sweeps north and east of country.

Al Jazeera

New Zealand's cyclone death toll at 11, thousands still missing

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand climbed to 11 on Sunday as thousands of people remained missing a week after the storm struck the country's North Island.

Reuters

New Zealand: search for the missing as Cyclone Gabrielle death toll climbs to nine

Grave fears held for about 10 people while almost 5,000 listed as out of contact as military helps deliver aid to affected communities

The Guardian - AU

New Zealanders are taught to prepare for disaster. Ex-Cyclone Gabrielle is an enormous test

Vulnerable New Zealand communities are taught to prepare for natural disasters, but national messaging says you may need to survive three days without assistance. The situation for cut-off communities may now be urgent.

ABC News

New Zealand cyclone fatalities reach 8; more deaths feared

The death toll from New Zealand’s cyclone has reached eight with more than 4,500 people still unaccounted for four days after the nation’s most destructive weather event in decades brought widespread flooding, landslides and power outages

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MPs to discuss expanding use of virtual Parliament

Political parties are “universally agreed” new criteria is needed for virtual Parliament sittings, political editor Jo Moir reports

Al Jazeera

Cyclone Gabrielle: New Zealand ‘open’ to international assistance

Five people are dead and 100 missing after the storm battered the North Island, home to most of the population.

Newsroom.co.nz

Hipkins leaves National playing catch-up

National has missed so many opportunities to set the year's political agenda. The only policy proposals from the centre-right are from its coalition partner-in-waiting, ACT, says Peter Dunne

ABC News

Earthquake hits New Zealand as death toll rises to five in wake of Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle

New Zealand is dealing with the devastating impacts of ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle, the country's "most destructive weather event in decades", and now an earthquake has added to the emergency facing residents in different parts of the country.

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The Independent UK

Cyclone Gabrielle: Families airlifted to safety as New Zealand declares emergency

PM Chris Hipkins calls storm ‘the most significant weather event New Zealand has seen this century’

Evening Standard

Cyclone Gabrielle: New Zealanders swim to safety and rescued from rooftops

The New Zealand government has declared a state of national emergency for only the third time in history

Daily Mirror

British volunteer firefighter missing after being swept away in New Zealand cyclone

Emergency services in New Zealand were reportedly forced to call off the search for volunteer firefighter Dave van Zwananberg, as the land continued to shift while Cyclone Gabrielle hit Auckland's west coast

ABC News

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle prompts 18,000 emergency calls in New Zealand in space of 24 hours

As Gabrielle continues to track south-east leaving damage in its wake, New Zealand authorities say the wild weather is likely to peak today bringing more settled conditions on Wednesday as the storm pushes out to sea.

The Independent UK

New Zealand declares emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle eases

The New Zealand government has declared a state of emergency across the country’s North Island, which has been battered by Cyclone Gabrielle

Newsroom.co.nz

PM warns of 'bumpy time' ahead as Cyclone Gabrielle eases

Officials are battling to restore communications to cut-off towns and get a better sense of Cyclone Gabrielle's damage, with the weather set to improve overnight.

The Guardian - AU

Flooding hampers rescue efforts as North Island residents told power could be out for weeks – as it happened

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