5 Apr 2023

Around the motu: Matthew Rosenberg in Gisborne

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 5 April 2023
Cameron Road groundwater monitoring bores and surface water ponding visible due to high water levels in the shallow te Hapara sands aquifer.

Photo: Facebook / Tairāwhiti Civil Defence

The main water plant in Gisborne is once again supplying the city with water following Cyclone Gabrielle, but the back-up plant still in use and people are still being asked to conserve.

Matthew has an update from the forestry company, Juken which operates council-owned forest where the damaged pipeline runs through.

And a Gisborne woman living with cancer is concerned about a new bill currently before select committee, which is set to replace the Medicines Act 1981.

Theresa Zame has been importing what she calls  "miracle drug" from Bangladesh for her lung cancer.