Floodwaters surge through the grounds of Ōtiria Marae, near Moerewa, during a flood in 2014. Photo: Peter de Graaf Residents of a Northland valley hope they will be safe from future storms after the...

By Shannon Pitman of When the girl was seen by a visitor three weeks later, her injuries were so bad she was airlifted to Middlemore Hospital burns unit. Photo: LDR / Stephen Forbes Warning:...