A national state of emergency has been declared, impacting multiple areas of New Zealand.
There are reports of houses submerged and residents trapped in Hawke’s Bay, while a firefighter is missing in Muriwai after a landslide and Gisborne appears to have lost all forms of phone communication.
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Here is a look at some of the latest photos and video capturing the destruction.
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Tuesday
Auckland
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Muriwai devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle
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The Herald Island Wharf road has been devastated by the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle.
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A fried transformer in Kohimarama.
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Amber Rhodes and her family escaped from their home in Karekare, on Auckland’s West Coast, seconds before floodwater from Cyclone Gabrielle washed the house onto the street.
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Surface flooding and damage to prime horticultural land in Pukekohe as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Heavy flooding in Waimauku.
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A boat has broken its moorings at Little Shoal Bay on Auckland’s North Shore.
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A Venta road service vehicle was caught by a slip on Karekare Road.
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Footpath damage in Titirangi.
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The bridge into Bethalls under threat from flooding.
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Amber and Paul Rhodes embrace after running from their home, which got washed onto the road after last night’s heavy rain in Karekare, west Auckland.
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Around five houses slip down a hill near Karekare Beach due to slips during Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Around five houses slip down a hill near Karekare Beach due to slips during Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Flooding around the nor-west industrial centre in Kumeū, west Auckland.
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Flooding around the Nor-West industrial centre in Kumeū, west Auckland
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Lighthouse Rd on the Awhitu Peninsula has been washed away.
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A slip blocks the on road to Claris and the airfield on Great Barrier Island.
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A slip blocks the on road to Claris and the airfield on Great Barrier Island.
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A tree came crashing down on the back deck of a unit on Lotus Lane in Mangere East, Auckland.
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Lotus Lane in Mangere East, Auckland.
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Muriwai, in West Auckland was pummelled by Cyclone Gabrielle on Monday night, causing slips and significant damage.
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Some houses have toppled over in Muriwai.
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Multiple slips along West Coast Rd in West Auckland have blocked off access to several side streets.
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A slip has brought down five homes on Karekare Rd in West Auckland.
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Floodwaters in Kumeu, Auckland.
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A damaged home in Muriwai.
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Road damage at the access to Piha.
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A tree crashed down on a Papatoetoe house on Tuesday morning.
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Flooding in Kumeu, Auckland, on Tuesday
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Mountain rd remained closed as multiple sections had power lines across the road.
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Engineers are working to open access to Piha.
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A house sits near a slip that occurred overnight at the end in Paparata, Auckland. Photo / Supplied
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Flooding in Kumeu during Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Motutara Rd in Muriwai has been cordoned off after a landslide hit multiple houses overnight.
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Gusts have blown down numerous large trees in the Waitākere Ranges.
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A tree came down on Seaview Rd, partially blocking the street.
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Fire service personal assess slips blocking access to Karekare.
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Bethells Beach surf club house was swallowed up by the swollen Waitakere River.
Hawke’s Bay
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Damage to Esk Valley in Hawke’s Bay, as seen from above.
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A very high Waipawa River.
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Hawke’s Bay horticulture was ravaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. Apples floated in vast expanses of water.
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Areas near the Waipawa River were totally inundated.
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Slips and debris near State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupō.
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Swollen Hawke’s Bay rivers have Civil Defence on watch on Tuesday with evacuations continuing in Rissington, Esk Valley, Waiohiki, Omahu and Taradale.
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Flooding around the Tutaekuri River as residents around Omahu and Taradale, Napier’s largest suburb, are urged to evacuate.
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Flooding on farmland in Ongaonga, Hawke’s Bay.
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A section of State Highway 2 is underwater on Tuesday as Cyclone Gabrielle hits Hawke’s Bay.
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Flooding at the end of Northshore Rd in Whirinaki, Napier.
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Photos posted to the Valley D Vine Restaurant and Function centre in Esk Valley show floodwater levels just below the roof of a house.
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Part of the Brookfields Bridge in Pakowhai has been washed away. The Tutaekuri River is close to breaching its banks in other areas.
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A fire truck tries to get through a flooded street in Napier.
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Floodwater has submerged Linden Estate vineyards in Esk Valley. Search and rescue crews are reportedly out on a boat.
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Swollen Hawke’s Bay rivers have Civil Defence on watch on Tuesday with evacuations continuing in Rissington, Esk Valley, Waiohiki, Omahu and Taradale.
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Residents film flooding at Waiohiki, near Hastings, after the Tutaekuri River burst its banks on Tuesday morning.
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There’s significant damage to State Highway 5 between Napier and TaupÅ.
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Mud and debris can be seen on State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupō.
Taranaki
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Cyclone Gabrielle’s winds brought wild seas to Cape Egmont on Tuesday.
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Fletcher building protective covering being torn off by the wind.
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A tree came down on Devon St West, partially blocking the road.
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A tree came down near two cars parked outside the Devon Hotel in New Plymouth.
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Cyclone damage in Waitara on Tuesday.
Waikato and Coromandel
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Waikare Road where a ute drove into during the early hours of the morning.
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Waikare Road was washed out leaving a huge void.
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A ute crashed into a ditch in Te Kauwhata as Cyclone Gabrielle swept the country.
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A damaged ute can be seen in a ditch, after part of a road washed away in Te Kauwhata.
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A caravan sits in floodwater near the Historical Maritime Museum and Park on SH2 near Paeroa.
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A man was kayaking down Menzies Place in Paeroa.
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A small caravan stranded in floodwater near the Historical Maritime Museum and Park on SH2 near Paeroa.
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Paeroa township in flood.
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State Highway 2 at Paeroa.
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The Thames-Coromandel District has taken a real hammering, mayor says.
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Floodwaters flow into Tairua Harbour in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Cyclone Gabrielle has caused roading destruction with flooding near Tairua.
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Katrina Reta walks through water in Paeroa after heavy downpours in the area.
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People try to clear the roads out of Whitianga after Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Coromandel storm carnage on Tuesday.
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Residents in awe of the flooded river at Paeroa on Tuesday.
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Coromandel Peninsula was cut off on Tuesday morning due to flooding, fallen trees and slips on roads.
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Trees are strewn across the road in Whitianga after Cyclone Gabrielle.
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People try to help people stuck on Whitianga roads after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Tairāwhiti Gisborne and East Cape
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Tolaga Bay, Tuesday morning.
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The Uawa River in flood at Tolaga Bay, beach covered in debris.
Tararua and Manawatū
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High water levels in the Waiohine River, south of Carterton, as Cyclone Gabrielle hits the Wairarapa.
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A tree came down on a Rotorua property.
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The Manawatu River, on Karere Rd, on Tuesday afternoon.
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A flooded Ashhurst farm.
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A man kayaks to get to his flooded farm.
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Stranded sheep near an Ashhurst farm.
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A farmhouse surrounded by floodwater near the Saddle Rd at Ashhurst.
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Two people are rescued on the pallet forks of a tractor at an Ashhurst farm.
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The Tauwera River alongside Masterton Castlepoint Road.
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Farmland has flooded near the Tauwera River alongside Masterton Castlepoint Road.
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A carv drives through floodwaters on Weber Rd, Dannevirke.
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Flooding on Weber Road near Dannevirke, in Tararua.
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Cyclone Gabrielle is causing flooding and road disruptions in Tararua.
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Cyclone Gabrielle is causing flooding in parts of Manawatu.
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Road closed due to swelling river at Hoihere Road from the corner of Lockwood Rd and Main Drain Rd.
Marlborough
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A slip behind a house on Port Underwood Road just out of Waikawa, near Picton, possibly caused by Cyclone Gabrielle or other recent bad weather.
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A slip behind a house on Port Underwood Road just out of Waikawa, near Picton.
Monday
Northland
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Crews clear fallen trees from the road in Purerua, Northland.
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Stuff reader Paul Miller sent this video of the cyclone damage on Monday morning at Paihia.
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Monique Edwards’ home was struck by a gumtree while Cyclone Gabrielle tore through Kerikeri.
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Extensive flooding on Maungatapere roads in Northland.
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One Tree Point is hit with high winds and rough seas as Cyclone Gabrielle approaches.
Monday
Auckland
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Tree torn out of the ground on Thomas Avenue in Mt Albert, Auckland.
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Councillor Shane Henderson looks down over the temporary accommodation at Auckland’s Trusts Arena for Cyclone Gabrielle evacuees.
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Provisions arrive at Auckland’s Trusts Arena for Cyclone Gabrielle evacuees.
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A tree has came on a car on the corner of Wright and McKenzie Rds in Waiau Pa.
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Sandbagging in Arkles Bay, north Auckland, during Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Mangere relief centre in Auckland is ready to look after people affected by the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Surfers at Mairangi Bay, North Shore, as Cyclone Gabrielle approaches.
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Army personnel from 16 Field Regiment unload supplies at the Central Distribution Centre in Auckland alongside volunteers from the Auckland City Council as part of Op Awhina.
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Sandbags piled up at Mission Bay.
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Many schools closed in the face of weather warnings, but Auckland Grammar School students braved the weather on Monday.
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A paddler goes out on the water in Auckland on Monday despite warnings of dangerous conditions.
Coromandel
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Residents of Brophy’s Beach and Buffalo Beach in Whitianga were preparing for the next high tide on Monday afternoon, many using sandbags for protection.
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The one-lane bridge into Tairua, on the Coromandel’s eastern seabord, was barely above water early on Monday afternoon.
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Makeshift sandbag barriers were being set up by residents of Brophy’s Beach and Buffalo Beach in Whitianga before the evening high tide.
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Grant Jonas, the owner of Whitianga Beach Motels and Cabins, shared a photo of his back yard with the river behind his back fence still rising.
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A drive through surface flooding in Matarangi, Coromandel, on Monday shows the effects of the approaching Cyclone Gabrielle.
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The Woodstock sunk in the Whangamatā Harbour overnight.
Tairāwhiti Gisborne and East Cape
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Tairāwhiti at dusk on Monday.
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Flooding in Tairāwhiti on Monday.
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The Hikuwai River at Mangatuna Bridge, near Tolaga Bay at 7am on Monday, and again at about 7pm.
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Kids struggle with the wind in Tairāwhiti.
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Cyclone Gabrielle soaks Tairāwhiti.
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The Hikuwai River has breached SH35.
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Wigan Bridge near Tolaga Bay about to be submerged on Monday ahead of Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Over a matter of hours, rivers around Tolaga Bay rose by several metres on Monday.
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Road warnings in Gisborne as Cyclone Gabrielle bears down on the area.
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Hikuwai River near Tolaga Bay. A state of emergency has been declared for the area.
Taranaki
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A surfer braves the swell at Fitzroy beach in Taranaki.
Wellington
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Rain is heading for Wellington as Cyclone Gabrielle approaches, covering the North Island with weather warnings.
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Officials say the need for a national state of emergency is being assessed while five regions have sounded the alarm over Cyclone Gabrielle.
Sunday
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Monique Edwards heard a loud crack before a massive gum tree fell on her Kerikeri home, smashing through the lounge ceiling. The tree was brought down as Cyclone Gabrielle approached on Sunday afternoon.
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Monster waves at Hahei Beach, Coromandel, on Sunday afternoon.
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Massive waves at the Takapuna-Milford Walkway in Auckland on Sunday.
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Auckland Harbour Bridge closed due to high winds.
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NZDF personnel clear rubbish in preparation for Cyclone Gabrielle.
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High seas Murrays Bay wharf in Auckland.
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A tree fell into a house in Birkenhead, Auckland, on Sunday.
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Thomas Brackley took this photo of the storm building over Papamoa beach on Sunday afternoon.
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Aucklanders fill sandbags at Westgate as Cyclone Gabrielle approaches.
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Sandbags ready at a Queen Street business in Auckland.
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A large crowd gathers for sandbags in St Heliers, Auckland.
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Chris Hipkins at Auckland Transport’s Operation Centre.
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Chris Hipkins in Auckland supporting authorities on Sunday.
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