A Mangawhai resident has been hospitalised after severe winds tore open their home and threw them out of the top storey.

The family of a woman badly injured in the Mangawhai tornado say it is a miracle she survived when the second storey of her ...

The storm in Mangawhai was so powerful that power poles were snapped in half and roofs were ripped off, leaving the seaside ...

Mangawhai has been compared to a war zone, with houses destroyed, roofs torn off, debris scattered across roads and power ...

The Mangawhai community is banding together to pick up the pieces from yesterday morning's tornado. Two people were seriously ...

A woman says her partner was seconds away from being killed when the limbs of a tree harpooned the rear of their motorhome ...

Strangers have turned up at the doors of devastated homes to offer a helping hand Mangawhai tornado. Stories of the community ...

Explainer: The wind speed of the Mangawhai tornado is similar to one that's occurred before - RNZ has been looking at what we know so far.

Northpower hoped to fully reinstate power by 5pm but the damage was worse than first thought. Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson says a transformer still needs replacing. The tornado injured two people; nine ...

• There is currently a cordon in place around the Mangawhai Village area, where the tornado has caused the most damage to ...

The response to the tornado has been a multi-agency approach, involving Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Police, Northpower ...

Around three this morning, a line of severe thunderstorms and winds tore through the town and surrounding areas. Two people have been hospitalised with serious injuries. A neighbour says one of the ...