Glenn Yeatmann was working for a Honiara cocoa company back in 2002 when he had the idea of turning the high-quality local cacao beans into chocolate. His Mount Maunganui factory has been producing organic chocolate with ethically sourced Solomon Islands cacao beans for over ten years.

Craig Little says so many homes are uninhabitable, volunteers are out in force clearing away people's household items that are covered in mud, and silt is everywhere. The focus is on trying to get residents back in their houses after huge clean-up efforts.

Neale, Tim and Susie discuss the Government's reprioritisation and refocus in light of Cyclone Gabrielle's widespread devastation, and how the relief effort will be funded and crumbling infrastructure issues addressed.

RNZ reporter Tim Brown has been driving around the city and is in the suburb of Maraenui surveying the damage and talking to locals.

Diane talks to Susie about local efforts to help the Cyclone Gabrielle relief effort in neighbouring areas hard hit. Eastern Bay of Plenty Local Democracy Reporter, Diane McCarthy is with the Whakatane Beacon

David Hill reviews Letter for 'Oumuamua by James Norcliffe, published by Otago University Press

To improve the health outcomes of Aotearoa's Pacific population, we need to bring a "village feel" to community fitness programmes, says Kiwi-Samoan public health researcher and Les Mills instructor Suli Tuitaupe. "What gets people moving is music that is close to their hearts – the beats of the islands," he tells Susie Ferguson.

Greg Miller is the restaurant owner at Linden Estate winery in Esk Valley.

RNZ reporter Sam Gee talks to Susie from the Civil Defence headquarters in Gisborne.

Shelley Pritchard is a volunteer at the Te Aranga Marae, in Hastings where they have been looking after more than 50 evacuees.