Whatever the weather: Lessons for primary care in the aftermath of Gabrielle

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Whatever the weather: Lessons for primary care in the aftermath of Gabrielle

Patrice
Dougan
Napier to Wairoa SH2 CR NZDF
Damage to SH2 between Napier and Wairoa caused by Cyclone Gabrielle [Image: NZDF]

In a year of multiple weather events, including two cyclones, primary care successfully scrambled to serve its communities despite power blackouts and flooding. Deputy editor Patrice Dougan looks at the lessons to be learned ahead of the next disaster

“I think people forget that we’re actually still not recovered from the main event” "We’re looking forward to the drought they’ve promised us for, Michelle Te Kira_Cropped, Michelle Te Kira [Image: Supplied]