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February 15, 2023 | News
Info gap as power, phone lines down
The Prime Minister says communications outages to parts of the Hawke's Bay and Tairawhiti means it's hard to estimate the number of people who may have been displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle.
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February 14, 2023 | News
Ōpōtiki clears beach residents as storm surge looms
The Whakatane and Opotiki councils declared states of emergency early yesterday and urged hundreds to residents in low lying coastal areas to evacuate.
- Radio Waatea is Auckland's only Māori radio station that provides an extensive bi-lingual broadcast to its listeners. Based at Nga Whare Waatea marae in Mangere, it is located in the middle of the biggest Māori population in Aotearoa.
