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The latest from Civil Defence
Saturday, 18 February 2023, 2:17 pm | Gisborne District Council
As connections and utilities slowly come back online, cash remains the most sought-after currency in the district. More cash is being brought into the region and banks have met with Civil Defence to ensure the ATMS can come back online as soon as possible, ... More >>
Tairāwhiti Water Update
Friday, 17 February 2023, 8:29 pm | Gisborne District Council
Please restrict use as much as possible. You can only use water for drinking, short showers and food preparation. Water is safe to drink. You don’t need to boil it. It is treated water to NZ drinking water standards. We are resolving the issues at ... More >>
$1 Million Available For Disaster Relief In Tairāwhiti
Friday, 17 February 2023, 3:03 pm | Gisborne District Council
Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty has confirmed a $1 million injection into Tairāwhiti’s Mayoral Relief Fund. Minister McAnulty joined Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and local MP Kiri Allan on a visit to the cyclone-striken region yesterday. ... More >>
Day Five – Still People Who Haven’t Heard From Anyone
Friday, 17 February 2023, 12:58 pm | Gisborne District Council
· It’s day five and we are aware there are still people out in our isolated communities who have not heard from anyone. This is the current focus of operations and we are making progress. · Starlink satellite connections are being sent to rural police ... More >>
Water Level Now Critical - Urgent Water Savings Required
Friday, 17 February 2023, 9:10 am | Gisborne District Council
As services start coming back online, and food, water and fuel start arriving in Tairāwhiti, there are still major issues in the ravaged region. The water situation is still critical and with residents failing to reduce their usage, the reality of ... More >>
Water Demand Exceeds Supply – Please Conserve!
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 4:34 pm | Gisborne District Council
Residents in Tairāwhiti are being asked to limit water and power use, and a $40 cap has also been applied to all fuel purchases. For the third day the region remains cut off with no road access in or out of the district, and no internet or cellphone ... More >>
Resupply Of Region Underway
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 12:57 pm | Gisborne District Council
A short-term solution to bring essential supplies into the region has started today (Thursday). Trucks carrying food, water and fuel will travel between Opotiki and Te Karaka on SH2 in a managed one-way convoy led by a Downer contractor. There will ... More >>
Gabrielle Leaves Chaos In Wake
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 11:29 am | Gisborne District Council
Cyclone Gabrielle looks as though she is finally moving on from Tairāwhiti. The region has been hammered by strong winds, hundreds of millimetres of rainfall, and record-breaking river levels. And while the region remains disconnected from the ... More >>
Save Water To Keep The Taps Running
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 11:21 am | Gisborne District Council
Gisborne water supply is in a crisis situation with the threat of the city taps running dry if people do not drastically reduce their water usage in the cyclone ravaged region. Save water now or your taps will run dry says Tairāwhiti Civil Defence ... More >>
Food, Water And Fuel At Critical Levels For Region
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 3:07 pm | Gisborne District Council
Tairāwhiti residents are being asked to conserve water with the region’s supply classed as critical with limited amounts available for the community. “Multiple breaks in our water pipe supplying the city are being identified by our staff,” ... More >>
Water And Data Issues Plague Tairāwhiti
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 11:42 am | Gisborne District Council
People are being asked to stay off the roads as heavy machinery is being brought in to clear woody debris from the city’s two bridges which are both critical transport routes and also carry vital utilities for the region. It’s been a hectic ... More >>
Critical Water Supply Issue For Gisborne City
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 6:09 am | Gisborne District Council
13 February Gisborne residents are being asked to urgently conserve water after a break in the city’s main supply, somewhere between the dams and the treatment plant. Contractors will be out at first light to try and find just where along the ... More >>
Rapidly Evolving Situation – Cyclone Gabrielle
Monday, 13 February 2023, 2:18 pm | Gisborne District Council
Civil Defence says Cyclone Gabrielle’s impact on this district is rapidly evolving. The MetService advises more rain overnight with 350-450mm expected north of Tolaga Bay and around 150mm for Gisborne and south of Tolaga Bay. The rainfall comes with ... More >>
Tairāwhiti Declares A Local State Of Emergency
Monday, 13 February 2023, 10:26 am | Gisborne District Council
Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz has declared a local state of emergency at 9.45am as Cyclone Gabrielle edges towards Tairāwhiti. “A state of emergency enables Civil Defence to coordinate a regional response across all emergency partners. “We ask ... More >>
Campers Asked To Pack Up With Cyclone Approaching
Friday, 10 February 2023, 11:15 am | Gisborne District Council
Anyone camping along the East Coast is asked to pack up and leave their campsites as swells of up to six metres are predicted from tropical Cyclone Gabrielle. The latest forecast from the MetService says tropical Cyclone Gabrielle continues to ... More >>
Civil Defence Asks Our Community To Be Prepared
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 11:48 am | Gisborne District Council
Civil Defence asks people in isolated areas of our community to stock up on food and any medical supplies they need as Cyclone Gabrielle approaches. “The MetService have advised us this morning there is high confidence of heavy rain starting around ... More >>
Heartbroken For This Whānau – Mayor Rehette Stoltz
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 1:03 pm | Gisborne District Council
The death of a child on Waikanae Beach yesterday is tragic and immensely sad for all. Mayor Rehette Stoltz says she is absolutely devastated by this news. “I feel heartbroken for this whānau and can’t begin to understand their unimaginable loss. ... More >>
Uawa Roads Still Closed Due To Ex-tropical Cyclone Hale
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 11:00 am | Gisborne District Council
The community is being asked to expect delays to when the Council roading network from around Tolaga Bay will reopen to heavy freight. Council’s Director Community Lifelines David Wilson says 22 roads are still closed due to ex-tropical Cyclone ... More >>
Council Supports Independent Inquiry
Friday, 20 January 2023, 12:01 pm | Gisborne District Council
Calls for an independent inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti are strongly supported by Council. Mayor Rehette Stoltz says following the devastating impacts of ex-Tropical Cyclone Hale it is time to examine more carefully how we use our land going into ... More >>
Civil Defence In State Of Readiness For Rainfall Tonight
Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 1:50 pm | Gisborne District Council
Tairāwhiti Civil Defence remains in a state of readiness as bad weather approaches our region for the second time in nine days. The MetService has extended the heavy rain warning for our district by three hours until 9am tomorrow morning. However, ... More >>
