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Of the 151 schools in the Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti regions, 80 sustained damage.

More than six weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle, three Hawke’s Bay schools remain shut, with hundreds of students displaced.  
School leaders speak of the st

Wairoa resident Shane Dalgliesh​ was a patient at the clinic and rang to make a booking last Friday for a check-up. He got through to a voicemail message, which stated the practice was no longer taking bookings. “When you walk past you can see the X-ray machine in the window, but there’s no-one there.” Dalgliesh understood there were struggles to find a dentist who would relocate to Wairoa, but he said residents faced challenges of their own. “It’s a significant cost to drive to...