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Te Karaka gathers to remember

It was an emotional and beautiful morning in Te Karaka yesterday as over 150 people gathered for the karakia to acknowledge the year since Cyclone Gabrielle hit the region. Residents from Te Karaka, Puha, Whatatutu, and Branson and Lavenham roads...

‘Ordinary people doing extraordinary things’

Deputy Mayor Josh Wharehinga summed up his experience of Cyclone Gabrielle a year after it struck in one word . . . “unreal”. “Unreal is what I think about what we went through last year.” He was one of several Gisborne district councillors...

Stronger together: Police

Relationships were vital to the region getting through Cyclone Gabrielle this time last year, says area police commander Acting-Inspector Danny Kirk. Tairāwhiti Police have valuable mutually supportive partnerships which enable them to come...

NZ Disaster Fund fully allocated

A year on from Cyclone Gabrielle and the New Zealand Red Cross says all funds from the New Zealand Disaster Fund has been allocated across affected areas. Including interest earned, a total of $28.5 million has been committed to programmes...

A new chapter for iconic bookshop

A Gisborne city centre building is up for sale, with its well-read tenant on the move to new premises. Muirs Bookshop co-owner Kim Pittar said the bookshop would continue at a new location. “We are taking this opportunity of this building going up...

One year on, a time to reflect

The sun shone over the hills as karakia rang through the air in Gisborne yesterday morning to acknowledge a year since Cyclone Gabrielle struck Tairāwhiti.

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Mahanga Beach erosion has history

Re: East Coast shoreline carved away, February 9 story. I have to ask, who is paying for professor Murray Ford and his team to study the erosion at the north end of Mahanga Beach? I hope it’s not Hawke’s Bay Region Council. Also a question for...

Creatives and researchers collaborate to tackle sustainable land use

What does sustainable land use for Tairawhiti look like? Creatives and researchers collaborated on exhibition pieces to find out. Te Weu Charitable Trust, alongside Toi Āria, a centre for social impact design at Massey University, brought together...

Bright yellow stand-in chopper attracts attention

Eagle-eyed East Coast residents spotted a bird of a different feather as the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter carried out its week of life-saving missions. Over the past few days the team’s usual white BK-117 helicopter (ZK-HNP) was...

‘By midnight, we knew we were in trouble’

One year ago, Bruce and Nicki Jefferd found themselves watching the water rise around their farm property on Waiapu Road, Tolaga Bay. At 3am they self-evacuated, taking as many vehicles as they could and pet labrador Bel to the nearby highest point...

Before and after Gabrielle: Herald's headlines told the stories

On Tuesday, February 7, The Gisborne Herald ran a page 3 story headlined “Keeping eye on weather systems as summer returns”. The next day, hiding under the family notices on page 4, was a five-paragraph story headlined “Cyclone warning”. On...

Missing Tokomaru Bay woman found

The search for missing Tokomaru Bay woman Lucy Welsh had a happy ending on Monday night when she was found by searching police. Earlier that day police appealed for any sightings of her after she was reported missing in Tokomaru Bay. Police and her...

‘Our scars are still very raw’ — Wairoa Mayor Craig Little

Today’s one-year anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle should be a time for reflection, says Wairoa Mayor Craig Little . Wairoa was badly affected by flooding in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, and was cut off for several days. “On February 14, 2023...

Wairoa trust called on networks for help in aftermath of devastating cyclone

by Ryan O’Sullivan The visible reminders of Cyclone Gabrielle are all around town for Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa chair Leon Symes. Twelve months on, grass tries to spread across exposed silt, and anxiety levels climb each time it rains. Getting...

Events mark day of remembrance

Karakia and events were held across Tairāwhiti today to mark Cyclone Gabrielle. Exactly one year ago, people in Te Karaka were having to run for the hills to find higher ground as water raged through the community, destroying homes and changing...

'Still much to be done' on our region's journey to recovery: Mayor

Remembering cyclone's devastating impact one year on.