On today's episode, In Te Karaka, 30-kilometres north-west of Gisborne, residents were told to evacuate in the early hours of this morning after the Waipaoa River topped 7.68m, a state of emergency has been declared in Hastings, in the village of Haumoana because of costal inundation, three bodies have been found in the search for the three missing fishermen off the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand First has invoked the coalition's 'agree to disagree' clause over the next phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the pandemic response, and Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says New Zealand First's opposition to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the pandemic response shows it's trying to "court the cooker vote".