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New Zealand needs to rebuild for weather resilience, PM says

A car sits semi-submerged in mud from Cyclone Gabrielle, in Rissington, near Napier, New Zealand, Sunday Feb. 19, 2023. Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country's north on Feb. 13 and the level of damage has been compared to Cyclone Bola in 1988. That storm was the most destructive on record to hit the nation of 5 million people. (Mike Scott/NZ Herald via AP) A resident walks amongst the debris washed ashore in Napier, New Zealand from Cyclone Gabrielle, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country's north on Feb. 13 and the level of damage has been compared to Cyclone Bola in 1988. That storm was the most destructive on record to hit the nation of 5 million people. (Mark Mitchell/NZ Herald via AP) A car lies upside down in a paddock following Cyclone Gabrielle, in the Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country's north on Feb. 13 and the level of damage has been compared to Cyclone Bola in 1988. That storm was the most destructive on record to hit the nation of 5 million people. (Mike Scott/NZ Herald via AP) New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, left, and Hawke's Bay Civil Defence and Emergency Management Group Controller Ian McDonald survey cyclone Gabrielle damage to the Esk Valley, north of Napier, New Zealand, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. The death toll from New Zealand's cyclone reached eight on Friday with more than 4,500 people still unaccounted for four days after the nation's most destructive weather event in decades brought widespread flooding, landslides and power outages, the prime minister said. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP) A large water tank lies beside a Maori meeting house at Tangoio Marae following Cyclone Gabrielle in the Hawkes Bay of New Zealand, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country's north on Feb. 13 and the level of damage has been compared to Cyclone Bola in 1988. That storm was the most destructive on record to hit the nation of 5 million people. (Paul Taylor/Hawkes Bay Today via AP) Glenn family members clean up their flood-damaged house from Cyclone Gabrielle in Napier, New Zealand, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country's north on Feb. 13 and the level of damage has been compared to Cyclone Bola in 1988. That storm was the most destructive on record to hit the nation of 5 million people. (Warren Buckland/Hawkes Bay Today via AP) New Zealand defense force personnel deliver supplies to stranded families following Cyclone Gabrielle, in Rissington, New Zealand, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country's north on Feb. 13 and the level of damage has been compared to Cyclone Bola in 1988. That storm was the most destructive on record to hit the nation of 5 million people. (Mike Scott/NZ Herald via AP) New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins delivers his statement to Parliament on the first day of the house sitting after the summer recess in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Hipkins says the nation needs to rebuild more resilient infrastructure in the aftermath of last week's cyclone to cope with more frequent and intense weather events. (Jed Bradley/NZ Herald via AP) A large slip in the Taurau Valley near Gisborne from Cyclone Gabrielle, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country's north on Feb. 13 and the level of damage has been compared to Cyclone Bola in 1988. That storm was the most destructive on record to hit the nation of 5 million people. (George Heard/NZ Herald via AP)