Latest from Napier

Kiwi businesses' generous donations to Red Cross/NZ Herald/NZME campaign

Donations follow huge community support for fundraiser.

Kind of a pig deal: Rescued piglet to bring home the bacon for flood relief

Ryan Jennings and Nelly Conway are raising money for their cousin who has lost everything.

'Heartbreaking': Dad digging to 5yo daughter’s grave buried under cyclone silt

Against a backdrop of activity, Peter quietly works away shovelling.

Opinion: Govt risks losing rural Kiwis left to fight Gabrielle on their own

Rural communities have gone days without support.

'Ready to boil over': Whirinaki community mucking in - as tension over looters rises

Checkpoints set up by residents to stop looters, as 'unreal' community clean up continues.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Napier records second-wettest day ever

'Gabrielle is one of the worst storms to hit Aotearoa New Zealand in living history.'

Cyclone Gabrielle: Reshuffle and AVL allows courts to reopen in Hastings

Jury trials were called off and could be affected into next month.

$5m raised! Generous Kiwis contribute to Red Cross/NZ Herald/NZME campaign

Donation follows huge community support for fundraiser.

Watch: Man re-lives harrowing discovery of 80-year-old couple he thought were dead

Ian Cadwallader takes the Herald through house where he thought he'd find three bodies.

'So special': Widow's priceless treasure rescued from cyclone-destroyed home

Family, friends rally around widow whose Esk Valley home was destroyed by cyclone.

More 'rogue' politicians needed in Napier

OPINION: They are well-intentioned but do little to rattle political cages or shake trees.

'We could come across people yet': Napier coastline search under way

Search and rescue teams have been scouring kilometres of slash and debris on the coast.

Looting fears: Residents form blockades to protect homes; Gunfire, arrests in separate incident

Residents manning roadblocks appear to have the blessings of police and Defence Force.

Watch: Tearful sisters reunite as isolated Hawke’s Bay villages struggle without help

The road had become unpassable in the cyclone - until a local forestry gang stepped in.

'It sounded like an earthquake': Parents left isolated with newborn after landslide destroys access

”It was unbelievable where the river had been and how high it was."

As an 81yo and her caravan were swept away in the flood, she turned to what she loved: Her crocheting

81-year-old tells of miracle Cyclone Gabrielle survival after caravan swept away

Grieving community fears weapons will be used as looting prompts roadblocks

Looters were discovered late last night in Puketapu west of Napier.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Tourist puts holiday on hold to help those who lost everything

Tourist joins volunteer army helping Hawke's Bay residents who lost everything in cyclone.