15 Feb 2023
Search back on for missing firefighter at Muriwai
The search continues for a volunteer firefighter missing since Monday night when he was caught in a landslide in Muriwai. He was was checking flooding in a property on Motutara Road when the property was hit by another house that collapsed during the widespread winds and rains unleashed by Cyclone Gabrielle. A second firefighter who was in the property at the time got out and was taken to hospital with critical injuries Search and rescue teams are back on the scene today. Rodney local board member Guy Wishart joins Kathryn for an update.