Quake aftermath: Always be ready to flee your home for three days
5 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM
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Footage shows tsunami waves hitting New Zealand. Video / Claudia Maaka / Waiapu Civil Defence / Gina Pewhairangi / Dean Purcell
Footage shows tsunami waves hitting New Zealand. Video / Claudia Maaka / Waiapu Civil Defence / Gina Pewhairangi / Dean Purcell
Be ready at any moment to flee your home for three days. That s the advice from a Bay of Plenty community leader after earthquakes and tsunami alerts caused disruption across the Bay of Plenty and other parts of the country yesterday.
People from across the region fled for higher ground after a powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the Kermadec area about 1000km northeast of New Zealand triggered a tsunami warning.
Health committee recommends Pāpāmoa accident and emergency centre, DHB in conversation
3 Mar, 2021 05:00 AM
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Parliament have recommended the Bay of Plenty DHB seek a accident and emergency centre to cater for the growing population. Photo / File
A 24-hour accident and emergency centre based in Pāpāmoa could be a reality for residents thanks to the hard work and dedication of one widow. Judy Killalea s husband died on September 24, 2016, soon after he decided the 25-minute drive from Pāpāmoa to Tauranga Hospital was too far and he would wait until the morning.
He suffered from a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for several years, then was diagnosed with cancer.
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