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Cyclone Gabrielle was a significant weather event impacting across northern and eastern New Zealand on the14th/15th February 2023.
The event
Tararua District experienced widespread damage to homes, property, businesses, farms, the natural environment and infrastructure. The breadth and scope of flooding and damage in the Tararua District from Cyclone Gabrielle has been unprecedented.
Tararua District experienced the highest recorded river levels in some of our coastal areas on 14 February 2023, requiring emergency response and powers of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002.
Recovery
Recovery is not business as usual. It is the co-ordinated, collaborative programme of work to bring about immediate, medium-term and long-term recovery and resilience for our communities following this emergency. Recovery is a developmental and remedial process with the main objective of efficiently organising the resources available to restore communities to the point where normal social and economic activities resume. It is most successful when it is locally led, with regional and national support.
Recovery is complex and time consuming. It is also dynamic. For recovery to be effective it must identify and address the short, intermediate, and long-term needs of communities. To do this effectively, community will be the focal point of the recovery process.
A recovery team has been established and aims to build on sustainable partnerships with iwi, rural professionals, local agencies, regional and national agencies.
Next steps
Continue to build understanding of the impacts from Cyclone Gabrielle
Finalise the Recovery Framework and the 100-Day Plan that establishes five, interrelated environments of built, social, economic, rural, and natural. Objectives and outcomes for each environment are being developed along with a range of success factors, milestones and indicative timeframes.
Continue to support those impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle through the Mayoral Relief Fund
Continue to provide recovery information and updates through a variety of communication channels
Build collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders/groups who are working to support Tararua to recover
Engage with the impacted residents and communities to ensure the recovery programme is meeting their needs
Cyclone Gabrielle was a significant weather event impacting across northern and eastern New Zealand on the14th/15th February 2023.
The event
Tararua District experienced widespread damage to homes, property, businesses, farms, the natural environment and infrastructure. The breadth and scope of flooding and damage in the Tararua District from Cyclone Gabrielle has been unprecedented.
Tararua District experienced the highest recorded river levels in some of our coastal areas on 14 February 2023, requiring emergency response and powers of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002.
Recovery
Recovery is not business as usual. It is the co-ordinated, collaborative programme of work to bring about immediate, medium-term and long-term recovery and resilience for our communities following this emergency. Recovery is a developmental and remedial process with the main objective of efficiently organising the resources available to restore communities to the point where normal social and economic activities resume. It is most successful when it is locally led, with regional and national support.
Recovery is complex and time consuming. It is also dynamic. For recovery to be effective it must identify and address the short, intermediate, and long-term needs of communities. To do this effectively, community will be the focal point of the recovery process.
A recovery team has been established and aims to build on sustainable partnerships with iwi, rural professionals, local agencies, regional and national agencies.
Next steps
Continue to build understanding of the impacts from Cyclone Gabrielle
Finalise the Recovery Framework and the 100-Day Plan that establishes five, interrelated environments of built, social, economic, rural, and natural. Objectives and outcomes for each environment are being developed along with a range of success factors, milestones and indicative timeframes.
Continue to support those impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle through the Mayoral Relief Fund
Continue to provide recovery information and updates through a variety of communication channels
Build collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders/groups who are working to support Tararua to recover
Engage with the impacted residents and communities to ensure the recovery programme is meeting their needs
