Cyclone Gabrielle damage becoming apparent

On today's episode, the prime minister Christopher Luxon is counting on a raft of new measures to smooth out the country's energy supply issues. Luxon spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss, Uber drivers are celebrating a legal win, after the multi-billion dollar rideshare company failed in its ...  Show more

US talkshow host John Oliver, led an aggressive campaign to carry the Puteketeke to a landslide win in last year's Bird of the Century competition. The bird also known as the Australasian Crested Grebe captured nearly 300,000 votes from 190 countries - although some local feather ...  Show more

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle has risen to eight and is expected to climb. Gisborne residents have been told to use water only for drinking and flushing the toilet due to a failure in a water treatment plant. But the navy has arrived this afternoon with supplies. Emergenc ...  Show more

Severe Tropical Cyclone Judy has left a trail of destruction throughout many of Vanuatu's islands overnight.  Power and communication lines are still out in the Southern Islands of Erromango and Tanna making it near impossible to get hold of people. Despite the cyclone now being ...  Show more

Aucklanders are bracing for more rain later today. In West Auckland, the hilly, bush-clad suburb of Titirangi is one of the hardest hit. Days of heavy rain has brought down slips, leaving some homes teetering on hillsides and tearing huge chunks out of roads. Thousands of residen ...  Show more

Muriwai resident Pete Clouston's home was red stickered Cyclone Gaberielle. He joins Lisa Owen after another day of devastating rain.