Cyclone Gabrielle showed Napier has been ‘abandoned’ by central government, says deputy mayor

The carnage cyclone Gabrielle left in her wake on Napier showed how ‘isolated and abandoned’ the city was from central government services, said its deputy mayor.

The Hawke’s Bay had been hammered by the weather throughout the week, with suburbs submerged, and power and communications knocked out after the Redclyffe substation at Taradale was flooded and suffered extensive damage.

Napier was effectively isolated for days as State Highways connecting it with Hastings and Taupo were closed. Read more

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