Turner, who came up with the idea, said she wanted Marlborough’s residents to know there were communities in New Zealand that understood what they were going through. “We wanted to say we know what you re going through, and let us know if there s anything we can do to help,’” she said. Turner said she knew from experience that crises strengthened relationships and resilience in communities. “We continue to wish the community well as they enter their recovery, which can have quite long tails . It will take the council a huge amount of time and effort to run remediation.”
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Shoring up the stop banks before more rain on Monday next week. Marlborough’s recovery was going well and the focus was firmly on residents and communities, Leggett said. “We are conscious that more rain over the weekend could impact our already fragile roads so we will keep a close eye on the weather forecast over the next few days,” he said. “We will continue our work with the emergency team, and the many Marlborough-based agencies, organisations and iwi over the weekend, and weeks and months ahead, to get our region back up and running as soon as possible.”
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 2:19 pm
Marlborough Mayor John Leggett has established a Mayoral
Relief Fund to assist the region in its storm recovery
effort following the weekend’s event.
In announcing
the fund, Mayor Leggett thanked Acting Minister for
Emergency Management, Kris Faafoi, for the Government’s
generous donation of $100,000.
People wishing to
donate to this fund can do so online via online banking.
Simply add the Marlborough District Council’s account
number: 02-0600-0202861-00 and include ‘Mayoral Fund’ as
a reference.
Alternatively people can make payments to
the fund at Council reception in Blenheim.
Mayor
Leggett says Marlborough’s recovery is going well and the
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“We’re not sure how much water got into the houses . The stop banks will be bomb-proof by the time we’re finished.” Marlborough Mayor John Leggett said the region’s civil defence team was conscious that more heavy rain could add more water to Marlborough s “already sodden soil”. More bad weather could affect Queen Charlotte Drive, which re-opened on Tuesday for the first time in three days with traffic measures, so workers could continue clearing slips. “Public safety is the only priority . Caution is key.” Leggett said the civil defence team was not yet sure how many houses had been damaged by the wild weather.