19 Feb 2025

Around the motu: Alexa Cook in Hawkes Bay

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 19 February 2025
Some people do not want to leave land that was red zoned after Cyclone Gabrielle, while others have accepted pay-outs but continue to own their red-zone land but are not able to live on it.

Some people do not want to leave land that was red zoned after Cyclone Gabrielle, while others have accepted pay-outs but continue to own their red-zone land but are not able to live on it. Photo: RNZ / Alexa Cook

It has been two years since Cyclone Gabrielle, Alexa talks to Kathryn about what has happened since, as well as the latest events including the art deco festival, a commemoration of the 1931 earthquake and the horse of the year show.

Alexa Cook is a RNZ senior journalist.