The marae defended by flood walls: How mātauranga Māori can prepare us for the coming storm stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Gisborne mayor says prosecutions are possible if debris found on beaches following the recent flooding can be traced to a breach of a resource consent.
Gisborne remains cut off this evening - roads are closed all around it - after heavy rain battered the region, causing slips and widespread flooding.
The sun was shining for most of the day but slip after slip still covers the roads all over the region.
Residents are now bracing for even more downpours.
Our reporter Tom Kitchin and camera operator Angus Dreaver took a trip around.
Rescuers 'boated' up State Highway 35 to reach workers stranded by East Coast flooding stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Civil defence in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne, has described rainfall overnight as "unrelenting" as Tairāwhiti enters a state of emergency caused by severe flooding.