Kate Green

More than 130 people fled their homes in Te Karaka last night as heavy rain lashed Tai Rāwhiti.

Evacuation centres were full of people as flooding struck the region, only four months after Cyclone… Audio

Gisborne reporter Kate Green spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Communities on the East Coast are sick of being offered band-aid fixes and praised for their resilience. They were hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle, which devastated their infrastructure and cut off… Audio

Thousands of homeowners have been told they're unable to be rebuild on their properties post-cyclone Gabrielle.

The government says initial indications show this will be the case for about 700… Audio

Ill treatment of a kiwi at Miami Zoo sparked outrage this week, now the Department of Conservation is investigating practices at a private sanctuary on New Zealand soil.

The Cape Sanctuary in Hawke's… Audio

Dozens of people whose homes were wrecked by Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland floods say their insurance payout to cover temporary housing is running out.

Many can no longer live in their homes… Audio

State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa officially opened to traffic at 7 o'clock on Sunday morning, more than three months after it was damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. RNZ reporter Kate Green drove… Audio

It's been three months since the Wairoa river burst its banks, the morning after the downpour caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Hundreds of homes remain damp and dirty, families are still displaced, and… Audio

There's silt clogging the rivers, and birds in the wrong place and trout in the drains.

The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle have been devastating, and not just for humans.

Our native species have been… Audio

Napier residents will be paying nearly 12 percent more in rates next year, after Napier City Council voted unanimously in favour of the increase.

The increase was set to be as high as 16 percent, but… Audio

An East Coast iwi is partnering with the government to give Māori and community groups more say in decisions about uplifiting children.

Ngāti Kahungunu, its health and wellbeing advisory group Te… Audio

It's been a year since the long-awaited opening of Transmission Gully.

Waka Kotahi says it's seen eight-point-four million journeys.

The 27-kilometre route is about 10 minutes quicker, and coastal… Audio

Trans activists are chalking up Wellington's fight-back against Kellie-Jay Keen Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, as the largest trans-rights rally in Aotearoa's history.

It's estimated more than… Audio

Child poverty rates have stalled, with a hundred-thousand children still living in poverty.

Earlier today, Statistics NZ released its data for the year ending June 2022, and the numbers showed no… Audio

Wellington Water has again found itself in hot water after a landslip in Lower Hutt, likely caused by a leaky pipe which locals have complained about for months.

In the past two years, the capital's… Audio

It's a well-known quirk of Kiwi character that we don't like to blow our own horns.

But with so many good deeds and donations flying around the East Coast in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, one… Audio

When Civil Defence kicked into gear in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, Te Tai Rāwhiti's young people did too.

Taiki E, based in Gisborne's central city, is billed as a collaborative space with an… Audio

The relentless rain around Gisborne has finally eased, and families evacuated this morning from Mangapapa are looking forward to returning home.

Fifteen houses were evacuated, and council crews have… Audio

Torrential rain has again hammered Gisborne and Wairoa, forcing families to evacuate as flooding quickly rose early this morning.

In the Gisborne suburb of Mangapapa, 15 households had to leave.

The… Audio