Cyclone Gabrielle
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Nov 3, 2026
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Communities are cut off.
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Cyclone Gabrielle is seen as a wake-up call.
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It's heartbreaking.
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An environmental disaster is unfolding there in plain sight.
Jonathan MilneGUEST
Cyclone Hale and most recently Cyclone Gabrielle have shown that the forestry carries its own very serious repercussions for the communities and for the hillsides.
Jonathan MilneGUEST
And what we've seen, of course, is this buildup of woody debris underneath the pine trees that slips off the side into gullies and down the side of the hills into the waterways.
Jonathan MilneGUEST
And gets carried down into the community, smashing into the community, smashing into the coastline.
Hilton CollierGUEST
Over the last 20 years or so, we've got our relationship with the land a little bit screwed so that we haven't always quite had the right thing going on in the right part of our landscape to create the sort of sustainability we need.
Hilton CollierGUEST
And I think the events we've been through since Cyclone Bola, subsequently Cyclone Gabrielle, are just testament to that.
Janina SchwanekerCORRESPONDENT
East Coast is considered a sheep and beef country that is a large underpinning of the economy here.
Janina SchwanekerCORRESPONDENT
Why is this sheep and beef country?
Hilton CollierGUEST
Over the last 20 years or so, we've got our relationship with the land a little bit screwed so that we haven't always quite had the right thing going on in the right part of our landscape to create the sort of sustainability we need.
Hilton CollierGUEST
And I think the events we've been through since Cyclone Bola, subsequently Cyclone Gabrielle, are just testament to that.
Janina SchwanekerCORRESPONDENT
East Coast is considered a sheep and beef country that is a large underpinning of the economy here.
Janina SchwanekerCORRESPONDENT
Why is this sheep and beef country?
Alistair DaviesHOST
Yes, heat waves all across Europe.
Alistair DaviesHOST
The rainfall is intensified, as we saw with Cyclone Gabriel.
Alistair DaviesHOST
We're kind of getting these like, The winds are getting more intensified.
Alistair DaviesHOST
Like, these are all the things that are happening.
Ingrid HipkissHOST
The SAS New Zealand figures also show that home insurance have gone up almost 60% in that time period.
Ingrid HipkissHOST
Of course, there was a large hike after the Auckland anniversary floods in Cyclone Gabrielle back in 2023.
Ingrid HipkissHOST
And as climate change puts New Zealand under ever-increasing risk of extreme weather, adding to the existing earthquake risks, questions continue to grow about the availability and the affordability of insurance.
Ingrid HipkissHOST
Tower Insurance provides everything from home and contents to vehicle and pet insurance.
6 MINS LATER
Ingrid HipkissHOST
Yeah.
Ingrid HipkissHOST
I want to talk about your outgoing chairman, Michael Stiersney, who gave a speech about what he was describing really as a lack of leadership and action on climate change.
Ingrid HipkissHOST
He said, really interesting speech, but looking back on Cyclone Gabrielle and Auckland floods, he says...
Ingrid HipkissHOST
But the answer, though, he says, is a resounding no.
Leighton SmithHOST
Based on a detailed analysis of historic newspaper reports containing temperature, rainfall and other weather data and comparing them to NIWA's published climate summaries, the audit has found, now very quickly... claimed temperature records that were never real records, claimed rainfall records that were never real records.
Leighton SmithHOST
NIWA published false information on New Zealand's biggest historic cyclone, creating a false narrative that Cyclone Gabriel was bigger and driven by climate change.
Leighton SmithHOST
Cherry-picked data is being used to exaggerate the apparent frequency of climate records being broken.
Leighton SmithHOST
The list goes on and on.
Ellen O'DwyerCORRESPONDENT
RNZ approached the three leading electorate candidates in the Wellington Bay seat to ask their position on council buyouts.
Ellen O'DwyerCORRESPONDENT
Green Party MP and incumbent Julianne Genter says she supports more financial assistance for affected homeowners, citing government funding provided in Cyclone Gabriel and the Westport floods.
Julianne GenterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I've spoken to numerous ministers face to face, as well as writing letters on behalf of the constituents.
Julianne GenterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it just feels like because there weren't more of them, because it wasn't, you know, 50% of the city that was flooded, they're just being forgotten.
Leighton SmithHOST
Based on a detailed analysis of historic newspaper reports containing temperature, rainfall and other weather data and comparing them to NIWA's published climate summaries, the audit has found, now very quickly, claimed temperature records that were never real records, claimed rainfall records that were never real records.
Leighton SmithHOST
NIWA published false information on New Zealand's biggest historic cyclone, creating a false narrative that Cyclone Gabriel was bigger and driven by climate change.
Leighton SmithHOST
Cherry-picked data is being used to exaggerate the apparent frequency of climate records being broken.
Leighton SmithHOST
The list goes on and on.
Jamie MackayHOST
They run a farming operation.
Jamie MackayHOST
They were smacked by Cyclone Gabrielle and you guys all went to the home farm and spent a day in the cattle yards.
Jamie MackayHOST
What could possibly go wrong?
Nancy CrawshawGUEST
Yeah, surprisingly nothing.
Jamie MackayHOST
They run a farming operation.
Jamie MackayHOST
They were smacked by Cyclone Gabrielle and you guys all went to the home farm and spent a day in the cattle yards.
Jamie MackayHOST
What could possibly go wrong?
Nancy CrawshawGUEST
Yeah, surprisingly nothing.
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