{"id":215096,"date":"2026-01-03T16:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/215096\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:44:16","slug":"mayoral-relief-fund-activated-for-horowhenua-residents-after-severe-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/215096\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayoral Relief Fund activated for Horowhenua residents after severe weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4JVJHWA_607001250_1463391845789740_6991209849263545813_n_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"793\" alt=\"Crews from Electra respond to weather-related power outage damages in Tokomaru on Monday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nCrews from Electra respond to weather-related power outage damages in Tokomaru on Monday.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Facebook\n<\/p>\n<p>The Mayoral Relief Fund has been activated for Horowhenua residents, who have suffered hardship from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/582983\/weather-parts-of-north-island-still-recovering-from-storm-damage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent severe weather and prolonged power outages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Bernie Wanden said the weather has been incredibly challenging for many people, particularly over the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>He said some residents may need immediate financial support to get back on their feet.<\/p>\n<p>Wanden said the decision to activate the fund recognises the days of disruption, food spoilage, property damage and unexpected costs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crews from Electra respond to weather-related power outage damages in Tokomaru on Monday. Photo: Supplied \/ Facebook The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-215096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}