Power has been restored to more than a thousand customers across Wairoa and Tairawhiti -- as flooding subsides around a substation
Power has been restored to more than a thousand customers across Wairoa and Tairawhiti -- as flooding subsides around a substation
26 June 2024
Severe weather overnight and today have triggered the release of a three-hundred thousand dollar Mayor Relief Fund.
Emergency management and recovery Minister, Mark Mitchell says Hastings, Wairoa and Tairawhiti will get one-hundred-thousand-dollars each to quickly fill gaps.
He says the funds will give a bit of money in the initial response - especially looking after those who have been displaced and have had to evacuate.
A number of local states of emergency remain in place - with closures to a number roads.
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