February 2023

4 Minutes
News Northland

‘It’s starting to smell pretty bad’: Rotting kūmara a bad sign for Kaipara’s cyclone-devastated growers

Dargaville kūmara grower Doug Nilsson picks up his RSE workers after their accommodation block flooded. The water completely covers his kūmara farm. Northland kūmara growers are still coming to grips with widespread devastation to...
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7 Minutes
News Northland

Cyclone Gabrielle: 10 days with no power, seven days trapped – isolated Northland valley connects again with the outside world

20 FEB 2023 PM Chris Hipkins to give update on economic support, national state of emergency. Video / NZ Herald They were 10 days without power and seven days trapped, yet the remote valley...
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