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Gisborne District Council - Latest News [Page 18]
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 >>
Tairāwhiti Grateful For Flooding Support
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 6:37 pm | Gisborne District Council
An injection of $150,000 from the Government into the Mayoral Relief Fund will help people impacted by the recent flooding from Cyclone Hale. The Minister for Emergency Management, Kieran McAnulty announced the funding late last week. Mayor Rehette Stoltz ... More >>
State Of Emergency Remains, More Rain Is On Way
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 12:56 pm | Gisborne District Council
The State of Emergency remains as MetService issues another heavy rain warning for Tairāwhiti this time from 1pm tomorrow until 1am on Thursday. Between 70 and 90mm of rain is expected around Gisborne and north of Uawa. There is also a heavy rain ... More >>
Debris From Hale Leaves Scars
Saturday, 14 January 2023, 3:13 pm | Gisborne District Council
As the weather improves communities are getting re-connected and the clean-up of our waterways and roads continues. Gisborne District Council’s Civil Defence and Emergency Manager, Ben Green said there has been significant progress in the last ... More >>
Seven-day Roading Repair Programme To Start
Friday, 13 January 2023, 2:07 pm | Gisborne District Council
A seven-day programme of planned night works to repair roads around Gisborne city will start this weekend. Journeys Infrastructure Manager Dave Hadfield says these essential roadworks have been planned for many weeks but were delayed due to the ... More >>
Determination Of Volunteers And Crews Commended
Friday, 13 January 2023, 12:39 pm | Gisborne District Council
Monty Manuel push-biked for two hours across rugged terrain yesterday to get urgent supplies to a resident in Whareponga by Ruatorea. The Ruatorea resident is a volunteer with Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) and a vital cog in the community, says Tairāwhiti ... More >>
Isolated Communities Focus For Response
Thursday, 12 January 2023, 11:37 am | Gisborne District Council
There’s a big push underway to help isolated coastal communities affected by ex-tropical Cyclone Hale who are running low on both store supplies and cash due to road closures, power and internet outages which are affecting EFTPOS. Gisborne District Council ... More >>
