Fears for slash in flood zone<\/h4>\nTe Karaka’s community response lead is deeply worried torrential rain could sweep a huge pile of forestry slash into the river.<\/div>\nThe township north west of Gisborne is cut off, and more than a hundred residents have left the the area over flooding fears.<\/div>\nPimia Wehi said about 32,000 square metres of slash is sitting on a station further up the catchment.<\/div>\n“Our main concern at this stage apart from the rain and the volume, is that slash that’s sitting there.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nWehi said that so far as she is aware no homes have been flooded out so far.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\nJun 22, 2023 8:07 PM<\/div>\n\nRNZ Live<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\nJun 22, 2023 8:02 PM<\/div>\n\nRNZ Live<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo homes flooded in Tokomaru Bay at this stage<\/h4>\n<\/div>\nTokomaru Bay’s Civil Defence Lead says it has been raining on and off in Tokomaru Bay for the last 26 hours.<\/div>\nLillian Te Hau-Ward says that weather is expected to continue through to Sunday.<\/p>\n
She says rivers and streams are currently running freely and homes have not flooded.<\/p>\n
One business, Cafe 35, has experienced a small amount of flooding.<\/p>\n
Te Hau-Ward says two people have evacuated so far.<\/p>\n
She says Tautini Marae is open and more evacuations are expected to evacuate in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\nJun 22, 2023 7:55 PM<\/div>\n\nRNZ Live<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore than 130 evacuate Te Karaka township<\/h4>\n
Te Karaka’s community response lead says more than 130 people from the township have left their homes as heavy rain causes flooding in the area.<\/p>\n
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A state of emergency has been declared for Tair\u0101whiti, with the region under the highest weather alert level.<\/p>\n
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Significant amounts of heavy rain is expect to fall over the the next three days, on top of what has already come down.<\/p>\n
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Te Karaka residents were earlier told they should leave their homes before it gets dark.<\/p>\n
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Pimia Wehi says most the evacuees have gone to Gisborne, with a marae there (Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae) opening its doors to those who need a place to stay.<\/p>\n
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About 15 people have registered to stay at the evacuation centre at the local school.<\/p>\n
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Wehi says so far as she is aware no homes have been flooded.<\/p>\n
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She says Te Karaka community response team is also set up and the school and is keeping a close eye on the river levels.<\/p>\n
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She says the Waipapoa River is up to about 8.5m<\/p>\n
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She said a major concern right now is a huge pile of slash sitting further up the catchment could be swept into the river.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Te Karaka’s community response lead says more than 130 people from the township have left their homes as heavy rain causing flooding in the area. A state of emergency has been declared for Tair\u0101whiti, with the region under the highest weather alert level. Significant amounts of heavy rain is expect to fall over the the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5805,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions\/5805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
No homes flooded in Tokomaru Bay at this stage<\/h4>\n<\/div>\nTokomaru Bay’s Civil Defence Lead says it has been raining on and off in Tokomaru Bay for the last 26 hours.<\/div>\nLillian Te Hau-Ward says that weather is expected to continue through to Sunday.<\/p>\n
She says rivers and streams are currently running freely and homes have not flooded.<\/p>\n
One business, Cafe 35, has experienced a small amount of flooding.<\/p>\n
Te Hau-Ward says two people have evacuated so far.<\/p>\n
She says Tautini Marae is open and more evacuations are expected to evacuate in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\nJun 22, 2023 7:55 PM<\/div>\n\nRNZ Live<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore than 130 evacuate Te Karaka township<\/h4>\n
Te Karaka’s community response lead says more than 130 people from the township have left their homes as heavy rain causes flooding in the area.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A state of emergency has been declared for Tair\u0101whiti, with the region under the highest weather alert level.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Significant amounts of heavy rain is expect to fall over the the next three days, on top of what has already come down.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Te Karaka residents were earlier told they should leave their homes before it gets dark.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Pimia Wehi says most the evacuees have gone to Gisborne, with a marae there (Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae) opening its doors to those who need a place to stay.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
About 15 people have registered to stay at the evacuation centre at the local school.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Wehi says so far as she is aware no homes have been flooded.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She says Te Karaka community response team is also set up and the school and is keeping a close eye on the river levels.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She says the Waipapoa River is up to about 8.5m<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She said a major concern right now is a huge pile of slash sitting further up the catchment could be swept into the river.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Te Karaka’s community response lead says more than 130 people from the township have left their homes as heavy rain causing flooding in the area. A state of emergency has been declared for Tair\u0101whiti, with the region under the highest weather alert level. Significant amounts of heavy rain is expect to fall over the the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5805,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions\/5805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Lillian Te Hau-Ward says that weather is expected to continue through to Sunday.<\/p>\n
She says rivers and streams are currently running freely and homes have not flooded.<\/p>\n
One business, Cafe 35, has experienced a small amount of flooding.<\/p>\n
Te Hau-Ward says two people have evacuated so far.<\/p>\n
She says Tautini Marae is open and more evacuations are expected to evacuate in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n Te Karaka’s community response lead says more than 130 people from the township have left their homes as heavy rain causes flooding in the area.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A state of emergency has been declared for Tair\u0101whiti, with the region under the highest weather alert level.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Significant amounts of heavy rain is expect to fall over the the next three days, on top of what has already come down.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Te Karaka residents were earlier told they should leave their homes before it gets dark.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pimia Wehi says most the evacuees have gone to Gisborne, with a marae there (Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae) opening its doors to those who need a place to stay.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n About 15 people have registered to stay at the evacuation centre at the local school.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wehi says so far as she is aware no homes have been flooded.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She says Te Karaka community response team is also set up and the school and is keeping a close eye on the river levels.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She says the Waipapoa River is up to about 8.5m<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She said a major concern right now is a huge pile of slash sitting further up the catchment could be swept into the river.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Te Karaka’s community response lead says more than 130 people from the township have left their homes as heavy rain causing flooding in the area. A state of emergency has been declared for Tair\u0101whiti, with the region under the highest weather alert level. Significant amounts of heavy rain is expect to fall over the the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5805,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5804\/revisions\/5805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More than 130 evacuate Te Karaka township<\/h4>\n