Commemoration services are underway in Hawkes Bay marking the anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle.
The cyclone caused extensive and devastating flooding in Hawkes Bay and Tairāwhiti, destroying hundreds of homes, inundating farmland, and wiping out bridges and roads.
Eleven people were killed, and the impact of the cyclone is still being felt in communities up and down the east coast.
Central Hawkes Bay District mayor Alex Walker spoke to Charlotte Cook.
