Napier floods: The Mataruahou slip that hasn t been touched in six months
10 May, 2021 08:11 PM
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Napier flooding: Deluge the second wettest day on record in 150 years. Video Paul Taylor / Tori Spellar / Eve Lemm / Sam Kluts
Napier flooding: Deluge the second wettest day on record in 150 years. Video Paul Taylor / Tori Spellar / Eve Lemm / Sam Kluts
RNZ
By Tom Kitchin of RNZ
More than 20 families remain without a home after the horrific floods in Napier six months ago.
Patience is wearing thin for some.
From the front of the street Paul Matthews house on Mataruahou (Napier Hill) looks normal but from the back, it is a wreck.
Carlyle St lack of road safety prompts Napier City Council to undertake consultation
8 May, 2021 10:01 PM
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Napier City Council is carrying out a safety review for Carlyle St. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Sahiban Hyde
Napier City Council will be consulting local businesses, residents, cyclist groups and the wider community about ways to make Carlyle St safer.
One of the most important routes leading to and from the Napier CBD, it carries 10,000 plus vehicles per day and has high parking turnover but is narrow.
Despite a lack of defined cycle paths, it is also the busiest cycling path in Napier with up to 200 cyclists using it daily.