One month on from Cyclone Gabrielle, some in Hawke’s Bay remain without power. Candle-lit baths, darkened houses or a noisy generator have become the new normal.<\/p>\n
But the lights are slowly coming back on. Claire Holmes lives in Puketapu, just down the road from where the Tutaekuri River washed away the bridge to Fernhill. For more than three weeks, her home like many, was without power.<\/p>\n
“My circadian rhythms have loved it. I’ve had a great sleep at night because the mahi during the day has been physical and emotional… just a lot,” she said.<\/p>\n
“[We were] candle-lit bathing… I was stoked the day we bypassed the heater on the gas and had a hot shower – that was a good day.”<\/p>\n
On Saturday, electricity was restored, which was a nice surprise for Ryan Gittings.<\/p>\n
He is the assistant manager of an orchard nearby on Dartmoor Road, where almost a kilometre of powerlines were destroyed.<\/p>\n
“Pretty stoked that’s underway. Unison and that Horizon company have been just flat-tack, putting powerlines up left, right and centre, and cables up a lot faster than I thought they would – [it has been] a massive effort from them,” he said.<\/p>\n
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