Midday Report

The country's greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, according to Statistics NZ.

The latest figures, for the June 2022 quarter, show the emissions rose 0.8 percent.

Massey University Emeritus Professor Ralph Sims spoke to Māni Dunlop.

The heavy rain also hit Wairoa leading to flooding, which is only just starting to subside.

Two people are safe, after emergency services evacuated them in the town when a stop bank failed on a stream.

97 millimetres of rain has fallen so far today; with 20 millimetres of that falling between 5-and-6 o'clock this morning. 

MetService issued an orange severe weather warning for heavy rain around 7.30pm.

The Wairoa deputy mayor Denise Eaglesome-Karekare spoke to Māni Dunlop.

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 heavy rain warning is in place until 1-o'clock for Gisborne, and 2-o'clock for Wairoa.

RNZ's reporter in Gisborne Kate Green spoke to Māni Dunlop.

The government's temporary accommodation services for people displaced by recent storms is being expanded beyond Auckland, to all areas affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.

The service was set up after last month's storm in Auckland, to help displaced people find accommodation.

Now those in Te Tai Tokerau, Tai Rawhiti, Hawke's Bay, Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Tararua District can also access the service.

Charlotte Cook spoke to Chance Warekawa, who moved to the Hawke's Bay just two months ago, before his partner's Flaxmere property was destroyed in the cyclone.

He said they had been moving from caravan to caravan ever since.

It's been two weeks since Cyclone Gabrielle tore communities apart across the East Coast, and more heavy rain is making it hard to rebuild, or get on top of the damage.

Gisborne is under an Orange heavy rain warning, rain watches are in places for Bay of Plenty and thunderstorms are on the card for Northland, Auckland and parts of the Central North Island.

The Gisborne Mayor, Rehette Stoltz, spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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An orange heavy rain warning is in force for Gisborne, with Metservice warning residents to expect 60 to 100 milimetres of rain on top of what has already fallen, before 6am tomorrow.

There is also a heavy rain watch for the Coromandel Peninsula and the eastern Bay of Plenty, while a thunderstorm watch is also in place for Northland, Auckland and the central North Island.

Metservice meteorologist Lewis Ferris spoke to Charlotte Cook.

Rain is pouring down in areas already soggy and devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle.

An orange heavy rain warning is in force for Gisborne, with Metservice warning residents to expect 60 to 100mm of rain on top of what has already fallen, before 6am tomorrow.

The top of the East Coast has so far recorded the largest amounts of rain in the region, with Tai Rawhiti Civil Defence saying Waikura Valley, has received 110mm in the 24 hours to 9am, and Ruatoria receiving 74mm in that same period.

There is also a heavy rain watch for the Coromandel Peninsula and the eastern Bay of Plenty, while a thunderstorm watch is also in place for Northland, Auckland and the central North Island.

Tokomaru Bay Civil Defence spokesperson and local resident Lillian Te Hau-Ward spoke to Charlotte Cook