Gabrielle ended up as a national emergency and sparked non-stop rolling news coverage. Everything that can break is broken,” she told RNZ Morning Report listeners, quoting the local mayor. “Just keep supporting local news, because in moments like this, it really does matter,” Chris Hyde told Mediawatch. He was among the critics of media coverage of Auckland’s floods a fortnight earlier. “Initially the view was this is going to be bad news for Auckland because Auckland, already very badly damaged and waterlogged.