Tairāwhiti flooding: Nurses improvise - Practices cut off with nurses stuck on either side of damaged bridge

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Tairāwhiti flooding: Nurses improvise - Practices cut off with nurses stuck on either side of damaged bridge

Tokomaru Bridge repairs
Repairs being made to Tokomaru River bridge after damage cut southern access to Te Puia Springs; flooding also disrupted the township’s water system [Image: Tairawhiti Civil Defence]
Civil Defence delivered medicine and other supplies by helicopter to the stranded communities, and picked up bloods Two nurses stuck on either si, TePuia CR Hills, Supplies are unloaded at Te Puia Springs Hospital [Image: Hillz Harrison-Kahaki]