A man is missing as Cyclone Gabrielle continues to impact the North Island of New Zealand after the country declared a national state of emergency on Tuesday morning.
Emergency services are responding to record numbers of calls for assistance, with Fire and Emergency NZ receiving 1,700 requests for help in the past 24 hours.
The missing man has been identified as the town’s local vet Dave van Zwananberg, who was part of a volunteer fire crew responding to a flooded home when the landslide hit. “This declaration gives us the ability to coordinate further resources for affected regions. I want to emphasise that the Government has already been surging support and resources to the regions for some days,” Mr McAnulty said.
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