Hawke’s Bay orchardist plants sunflower mix to heal Cyclone Gabrielle damaged land
His other silt-ravaged paddocks can be seen growing sunflowers and a mixture of soil-healing plants. Wilson said the crop ...
A helping hand after Cyclone Gabrielle: The Smiths and their mission to rebuild Hawke’s Bay
Tony and Nicky Smith volunteering in Hawke’s Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle. The news about Cyclone Gabrielle and its intense ...
Napier council can save Hawke’s Bay Tourism after other councils agree to back it with grants
Photo / NZME Napier City Council has the opportunity to save Hawke’s Bay Tourism after Hastings District Council and Central ...
Hawke’s Bay kids hitchhiking to school: Daughter finds ride, son still thumbing it
Mike Brown’s children were hitchhiking to school after their bus route to Tamatea High School was cancelled. His daughter has now found a ride but his son hasn’t. The Ministry ...
Hawke’s Bay: Property values plummet in cyclone and flood-hit Wairoa, with some halving
The values of homes in flood-hit areas of Wairoa have dropped up to 50% since 2021. New rating valuations prepared by ...
Where Lotto’s fund for cyclone victims went – and why it took over a year to allocate
The process to allocate that money drew criticism last year as none of it was spent or allocated a year after the cyclone.
Scars on the hills: Hawke’s Bay’s landscape still altered by Cyclone Gabrielle two years on
Cyclone Gabrielle caused extensive shallow landslides in Hawke’s Bay, leaving significant scars on the landscape. Dr Ashton Eaves attributes the landslides to slope and land cov ...
Napier bans non-self-contained vehicles from freedom camping
Napier has decided to close its only non-self-contained freedom camping spot, effectively banning vehicles without a fixed ...
Only two cell towers were damaged in Cyclone Gabrielle, yet our phones turned into expensive paperweights: Jonathan Brewer
Cellphones are the lifelines of rural New Zealanders during an emergency, but in the days after Cyclone Gabrielle they were ...
Motorhome army rolls into Napier for Art Deco Festival
An army of caravans and motorhomes has descended on Napier for the city’s biggest event of the year, the Art Deco Festival.
Tararua: Historic Makotuku church gates restored by community effort to honour village history
Gates to a historic church that once stood in Makotuku have been restored in a bid to honour and remember the history of the ...
Cyclone Gabrielle tragedy: The questions the probe into 14 deaths wants to answer
And, were emergency services fully prepared to respond to the deadly destruction of Cyclone Gabrielle; which created so much ...