Woody debris in rivers and on our beaches is an all-too-familiar sight following heavy rain events. While it's not something we welcome, it's now an expected consequence of nature's forces.

Over 370 slip and dropout repairs, 87 culvert replacements and hundreds of kilometres of drainage upgrades across more than 145 rural roads. And the list goes on . . . 

Mayor Rehette Stoltz reflects on 2 years since Cyclone Gabrielle changed our region forever.

It seems there’s a bit of confusion out there about the opt-in text alert system.
When TEMO sent out the MetService Orange Heavy Rain Warning the other day, it went to more than 4000 subscribers with a less than 1% fail rate.

The widespread attention to Tairāwhiti’s trifecta of local government awards underlines for the team the importance of the work they do for the region to ensure all communities – no matter how remote – have the best possible chance of being self-sufficient for days during a catastrophic emergency.

The future of ensuring New Zealanders have the best chance of self-sufficiency after a catastrophic event was unveiled in Gisborne on Friday by the Tairāwhiti Emergency Management Office.

Starting this week, a helicopter will be used to conduct riverbed mapping of the following rivers: Te Arai, Waipaoa, Taruheru, Waimata, Ūawa, Hikuwai, Mangaheia, Mangahauini, Waiotu, Makarika, Waiapu, and Poroporo.

It’s hard not to feel the air of sadness that hangs around Geoff and Raewynn Foreman’s Fergusson Drive property despite the clear progression of work to restore and protect it.

More than 330 people so far from across the region now have an oversight of how emergency welfare structures and processes connect and support communities.

The accolades keep coming for the Tairāwhiti Emergency Management Office (TEMO) with news manager Ben Green has been appointed as an alternate national controller for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).