Wairoa has been off-grid since Tuesday, with very little information getting in, or out.
Like the rest of Tairāwhiti, it's short on fuel, water, and patchy on electricity.
Hundreds of locals have spent the past three days salvaging their belongings and digging mud from their homes and gardens.
Wairoa has been off-grid since Tuesday, with very little information getting in, or out.
— Morning Report (@NZMorningReport) February 16, 2023
It's short on fuel and water. Electricity is patchy.
Locals have spent days salvaging their belongings and digging mud from their homes.
RNZ's @KateGreenWLG and Nathan McKinnon flew in. pic.twitter.com/ns7vozbpZX
Reporter Kate Green and visual journalist Nate McKinnon flew in to hear their stories.
