Rural / Natural Disasters

Wairoa says it should not be forgotten as flood clean up drags on

07:39 am on 7 March 2023

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Wairoa is demanding the town not be forgotten, as it starts to grapple with tough questions about its future. 

Three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle, the northern Hawke's Bay town remains cut off in most directions.

The cleanup is still far from over and exhaustion and uncertainty are taking their toll.

Jamie Tahana is in Wairoa.