South Pacific Growers: Hawke’s Bay apple grower in receivership, unlikely to repay $13m Government loan
“South Pacific Growers Ltd received a $13 million Government loan from the North Island Weather Event Fund in…
Hawke’s Bay highways’ cyclone repairs complete after 2.4 million hours by 4100 workers
Together, TREC completed work on State Highways 2, 5, 35, 38, 50 and 51. They repaired or rebuilt…
Linden Estate owner Bruce Jans takes a step back after 20 years
“So I bought it and got sucked into being a wine man,” Jans said. Since then, Jans started…
Cyclone Gabrielle: Flood risk 2C category removed for 75 Pōrangahau homes as resilience project advances
With the first phase of the Pōrangahau Flood Resilience Project now well into construction, the 75 properties met…
Cyclone Gabrielle hero midwife Corrina Parata banned for year over false pay claims
Audit uncovered Parata’s stealing Parata worked under NPO at Te Puia Springs Hospital in Gisborne from December 2013…
Gabrielle Lores loses bar manager licence after police incidents
It wasn’t the first time police had difficulties with her as only two months previously she had been…
Esk Valley’s Petane Wine makes a sparkling comeback from Cyclone Gabrielle
We were in the middle of a raging river, no vineyard to be seen, with containers, trees and…
Waiohiki stopbank officially opens as Hawke’s Bay continues Gabrielle recovery
Local Government Minister Simon Watts, who also holds the climate change portfolio, said the project represented more than…
On The Up: Weka Point Scout Camp rebuild underway after Cyclone Gabrielle devastation
Floodwaters during the cyclone in February 2023 from the Mangaone River engulfed the Rissington settlement, along with the…
Cyclone Gabrielle coroner told of George Luke’s vain trek to find safety on Taihape-Napier Rd
Luke reached hospital alive but died there from hypothermia and multiple organ failure. Coroner Erin Woolley is conducting…
Bereaved mum Ella Collins says flood warnings came ‘far too late’ during Cyclone Gabrielle
Collins gave evidence yesterday at the long-running inquiry into the deaths of 19 people during the extreme weather…
Gareth Jones relates losing hold of friend Susane Caccioppoli in Cyclone Gabrielle floodwaters
Freezing cold, after being separated from Caccioppoli, Jones managed to get to a pile of stones near the…