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Patience is wearing thin for some. The sleepout at Paul Matthew's home on Mataruahou (Napier Hill) still remains damaged as with the rest of his home, six months after the floods. Furniture has not been moved since the day. Photo: RNZ / Tom Kitchin From the front of the street Paul Matthews' house on Mataruahou (Napier Hill) looks absolutely normal but from the back, it is a wreck. A slip on 9 November last year, the day of the floods, significantly damaged his home. "It's taken out the wash house, the bathroom, the kitchen, the outside storage shed and the outside tool shed and all the gard...

Napier floods: The Mataruahou slip that hasn't been touched in six months 10 May, 2021 08:11 PM 5 minutes to read Napier flooding: Deluge the second wettest day on record in 150 years. Video Paul Taylor / Tori Spellar / Eve Lemm / Sam Kluts Napier flooding: Deluge the second wettest day on record in 150 years. Video Paul Taylor / Tori Spellar / Eve Lemm / Sam Kluts RNZ By Tom Kitchin of RNZ More than 20 families remain without a home after the horrific floods in Napier six months ago. Patience is wearing thin for some. From the front of the street Paul Matthews' house on Mataruahou (Napier Hi...

Napier floods: 75 per cent of insurance claims settled 6 months on 7 May, 2021 06:00 PM 4 minutes to read The deluge saw 242mm of rainfall in a day, causing significant damage to houses, buildings and land. Photo / Supplied The deluge saw 242mm of rainfall in a day, causing significant damage to houses, buildings and land. Photo / Supplied Six months after Napier suffered the second-wettest day on record, three-quarters of insurance claims are settled. The deluge on November 9, 2020, which saw 242mm of rainfall in a day, caused significant damage to houses, buildings and lan...

  HALIFAX -- Many within the Maritime music industry are optimistic for a return to centre stage in 2021, even with several COVID-19 restrictions still in place. Nova Scotia-based musician Hal Bruce kept singing throughout 2020, even after most of his live shows were cancelled in March. “That was it for the gigs, really, except for my FaceTime gigs and Zoom gigs,” says Bruce. Signs of recovery for the industry are beginning to surface with festivals large and small being organized for 2021 – tentatively. “It may happen, it may not happen because you need a lot of leeway time, a...