Northland Tsunami Alert: Supermarket, Treaty Grounds to rescue of Paihia evacuees
5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Treaty Grounds staff, from left, Nineke Metz, Bayley Moor and Mori Rapana make sure the evacuees don t go hungry. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Treaty Grounds staff, from left, Nineke Metz, Bayley Moor and Mori Rapana make sure the evacuees don t go hungry. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
One of the biggest evacuations in the Far North morphed into an impromptu community barbecue when a local business brought in food for hundreds of residents stranded on a hill.