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 cyclone hit the North Island's northernmost region on February 12 and tracked down the east coast, inflicting widespread destruction and killing at least 11 people.
Hard-hit regions across the northeast, where 13,000 remain without power and 1,300 are in emergency shelters, are set for heavy rain from Thursday. Bad weather returns to devastated regions including Hawke's Bay and Gisborne as police try and locate roughly 1,100 people still listed as uncontactable. Cyclone recovery featured heavily as Hipkins laid out his government's policy agenda during his first address to the house as prime minister and just under eight months before an election.
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