Many North Island communities isolated by Cyclone Gabrielle are making the best of a bad situation as Civil Defence remains focused on helping them get back on their feet.<\/p>\n
Across Hawke’s Bay and Tair\u0101whiti 24 areas are cut off by road, making it difficult for essential supplies to get through.<\/p>\n
In Tokomaru Bay a freight route was meant to be running along Ihungia Road, Tuakau Road and Mata Road.<\/p>\n
But Tokomaru Bay Civil Defence lead Lillian Te Hau-Ward said the road had “dropped out all under the tarseal” along part of Mata Road.<\/p>\n
Crews were attending to the issue and hoped to see it resolved by the end of Friday, she said, but warned that once it reopened the road would only be suitable for off-road vehicles.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Four Square owner Calum Sutherland said they had received supplies by helicopter but without the freight road, fuel was an issue.<\/p>\n
“There’s no more LPG,” Sutherland said, and petrol would also soon become an issue if it was not replenished.<\/p>\n
Farmers in particular were feeling the petrol pinch. “They’re trying to conserve their petrol and their diesel supplies so that they can do what they need to do around their farms,” Te Hau-Ward said.<\/p>\n
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