The Chief Ombudsman has chided Hastings District Council for its failure to maintain dams above Havelock North and to clear village streams of debris before Cyclone Gabrielle. In a report released ...
Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell said the Government will contribute an initial $300,000 to the councils of Hastings, Wairoa, and Gisborne. Each will receive $100,000. Story continues ...
Cranford Hospice Foundation chairman Chris Tremain said organisers previously wanted to position the hospice between Napier and Hastings, but the flooding at Chesterhope had ruled out that option.