After the cyclone, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council placed flood-hit homes into categories based on whether they were likely to be liveable in the future. Almost.
Land previously earmarked to be turned into a new coastal community in Tangoio, north of Napier, has been added to Hawke’s Bay’s Category 3 list, partly due.
Coastguard Hawke’s Bay has hit the supreme accolade, being named Coastguard New Zealand’s Unit of the Year, after one of its biggest and most torrid years in.