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Emergency Marine Response Activated For Partially Submerged Vessel
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 8:26 pm | Gisborne District Council
Council’s emergency marine spill team is responding to a partially submerged vessel in the Inner Harbour. The Bizniz has up to 600 litres of diesel on board. There’s no visible sign that any of the diesel has leaked from its tanks. Booms are being ... More >>
Heavy Rain Warning For Gisborne Cancelled
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 5:58 am | Gisborne District Council
Metservice has lifted the heavy rain warning for Gisborne. However, a heavy rain watch is still in place. Details as follows: Heavy Rain Watch for Bay Of Plenty, Gisborne Issued: 9:31pm Saturday, 13th November 2021 Area: Ranges of Bay of Plenty ... More >>
Please Drive Carefully, And To The Conditions
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 8:00 am | Gisborne District Council
Our region’s roads haven’t recovered from the deluge last week when more than a month of rain fell in 24 hours. The heavy rain has left our land and soil saturated. There are potholes, slips and dropouts across our district with the extent of the ... More >>
Residents Urged To Check Properties
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 10:39 am | Gisborne District Council
Council staff are working alongside 24 households impacted by landslides following last week’s rain but for Dr Murry Cave the bigger concern is what has not yet been called in. “Even though the rain has stopped, there can be a delayed response time,” ... More >>
Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Tairāwhiti
Monday, 8 November 2021, 5:04 pm | Gisborne District Council
Watch updated at 4:50pm to extend risk of Severe Thunderstorms and downpours across all of the Taupo region and into western parts of Central Hawke's Bay. Thunderstorms are developing and this afternoon there is a risk that a few of them become severe, ... More >>
Mop Up Underway In Tairāwhiti
Monday, 8 November 2021, 10:13 am | Gisborne District Council
The sun may be shining but the region is still saturated and caution is advised on Tairāwhiti roads. Council staff and contractors have been working through the weekend and will be out and about this morning checking roads and properties as the ... More >>
Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Tairāwhiti
Monday, 8 November 2021, 9:22 am | Gisborne District Council
Metservice has issued the following weather watch. Issued by MetService at 08:15 am Monday 8th November 2021 Valid until: 10:00 pm Monday 8th Nov 2021 Thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and there is a risk that one or two of them ... More >>
Tairāwhiti Clean Up Continues
Saturday, 6 November 2021, 8:57 pm | Gisborne District Council
The rain continues to fall on a saturated Tairāwhiti and while the state of emergency has been lifted, the work continues from Gisborne District Council staff and contractors who are checking properties and cleaning up roads around the district. The heavier ... More >>
State Of Emergency Lifted
Friday, 5 November 2021, 4:04 pm | Gisborne District Council
The state of emergency in Tairāwhiti has this afternoon been lifted. Tairāwhiti Civil Defence group controller Dave Wilson made the call at 3.40pm, saying the rain had abated and water levels dropped around the region. “Civil Defence will continue ... More >>
Landslides And Slips Across Tairāwhiti
Friday, 5 November 2021, 1:32 pm | Gisborne District Council
Saturated land is giving way to landslides around Tairāwhiti with Gisborne District Council engineers inspecting properties and evacuating residents from dangerous homes. The district, which is currently in a state of emergency on the back of torrential ... More >>
Rural General Ward Back In The Mix
Friday, 5 November 2021, 11:57 am | Gisborne District Council
A rural general ward is back in the mix after Councillors adopted a final proposal for the Representation Review in an Extraordinary Council meeting yesterday. Council’s final proposal voted in was for three wards in next year’s local elections. ... More >>
Flood Response Continues Across Tairāwhiti
Friday, 5 November 2021, 9:15 am | Gisborne District Council
More than 600 contractors and Gisborne District Council staff are out across Tairāwhiti checking roads and properties to assess the damage after the region was hit by torrential and persistent rain that saw more than a month’s worth of rain fall in 24 hours. ... More >>
CDEM Update -04 Heavy Rain Warning For Tairāwhiti
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 8:37 pm | Gisborne District Council
Metservice has issued the following warning. Issued at: 8:38pm Thursday, 4th November 2021 Situation Heavy rain in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay has eased, and the warnings are now lifted. However, further lighter rain is forecast through Friday. People ... More >>
Evacuations Underway In Sodden Tairāwhiti
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 6:01 pm | Gisborne District Council
IRB boats are being used to help evacuate residents in parts of Gisborne from flooded homes as part of a districtwide civil defence emergency response. A local state of emergency was declared at 2pm today with some areas receiving more than 200mm of ... More >>
State Of Emergency Declared
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 2:12 pm | Gisborne District Council
Civil Defence has declared a local state of emergency at 2pm today for the Tairāwhiti region. Civil Defence controller Dave Wilson encourages people to contact Council to report any flooding. “Anyone who is concerned for their safety should stay with ... More >>
Thunderstorm Warning Lifted
Friday, 29 October 2021, 6:25 pm | Gisborne District Council
The Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been lifted for Gisborne / Hawkes Bay radar area. More >>
New Location For Our Civil Defence Headquarters
Friday, 29 October 2021, 9:39 am | Gisborne District Council
A new purpose-built Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) for our community is a step closer to being built on Potae Avenue in Lytton West. It will provide a permanent solution to replace the existing ECC arrangement, which must be set up when activated, ... More >>
Changes To The Way Council Attracts Roading Contractors
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 1:26 pm | Gisborne District Council
To encourage more local businesses to bid Council has made the two roading networks in our region smaller and introduced a weighted system. The Council Roading Maintenance Contract Procurement Plan includes breaking up the Northern and Western Networks ... More >>
Arts Get $25,000 Funding Boost
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 1:25 pm | Gisborne District Council
Council announces the latest round of grants under the Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) with eight diverse groups being given a collective boost of $25,000. Exhibitions, music events and creative workshops have all been supported with this funding. Mayor ... More >>
Camping Opens This Weekend
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 1:29 pm | Gisborne District Council
More than 60 permits have already been applied for as camping season gets underway this Labour Weekend in Tairāwhiti. From Saturday October 23 campers are allowed to set up camp at Seasonal Camping areas found on our website. Council ... More >>
