Peter de Graaf

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Contributor at Radio New Zealand (RNZ)

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Northlanders warned storm will be wilder than any in many months

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Peter de Graaf

Northlanders are being warned to brace for a storm wilder than any they have seen in many months. MetService is predicting a long period of heavy rain and gale force winds as a deepening subtropical low starts moving over the top of the country on Wednesday night. Forecaster Gerard Bellam said last week's drought-breaking rain, though heavy, was delivered by a "common or garden" front, without the powerful easterly winds expected in coming days.
Northlanders warned storm will be wilder than any in many months

1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Peter de Graaf

Northlanders are being warned to brace for a storm wilder than any they have seen in many months. MetService is predicting a long period of heavy rain and gale force winds as a deepening subtropical low starts moving over the top of the country on Wednesday night. Forecaster Gerard Bellam said last week's drought-breaking rain, though heavy, was delivered by a "common or garden" front, without the powerful easterly winds expected in coming days.
Amputee begs thieves to return his foot

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Peter de Graaf

By Peter de Graaf of RNZSomeone has stolen Russel Blank’s foot and he is, to put it mildly, “a bit pissed off about it”. The Far North man has relied on a prosthetic limb to get around since losing part of his right leg in a workplace accident more than 40 years ago. He sent his foot to the Artificial Limb Centre in Auckland for repairs, but it was stolen from his letterbox when the finished foot was couriered back. Blank said the theft made no sense.
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Amputee begs thieves to return his foot

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Peter de Graaf

Someone has stolen Russel Blank's foot and he is, to put it mildly, "a bit pissed off about it". The Far North man has relied on a prosthetic limb to get around since losing part of his right leg in a workplace accident more than 40 years ago. He sent his foot to the Artificial Limb Centre in Auckland for some repairs, but it was stolen from his letterbox when the finished foot was couriered back. Blank said the theft made no sense.
Manaia House opens in Whangārei after $21.6 million interior upgrades

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Peter de Graaf

A one-stop shop for mental health and addiction services in central Whangārei will be an "absolute gamechanger", making support more accessible to those who need it, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says. Doocey and Health Minister Simeon Brown travelled to the northern city on Friday to open Manaia House, where services scattered across Whangārei in four run-down buildings will be combined under one roof.
Manaia House opens in Whangārei after $21.6 million interior upgrades

1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Peter de Graaf

A one-stop shop for mental health and addiction services in central Whangārei will be an "absolute gamechanger", making support more accessible to those who need it, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says. Doocey and Health Minister Simeon Brown travelled to the northern city on Friday to open Manaia House, where services scattered across Whangārei in four run-down buildings will be combined under one roof.
'I don’t sleep when it rains': Couple's flood fears as buyout hopes dashed

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Peter de Graaf

Kimberlee said the floods often came after dark. “We’ll be out there at all hours of the night, checking on the water levels … We have to decide at what stage we move the vehicles out to the roadside where they’ll be safe. I’ve gone to bed fully clothed, so if I have to get up in a hurry, I can just get up and go.”The Whiteheads bought the house in 2013.
'Safety is at risk': Warning as meth and crime crisis in Northland worsens

3 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Peter de Graaf

A drugs and social crisis afflicting Northland is deepening, a Northland iwi leader warns - including the tripling of methamphetamine use in just one year. Mane Tahere, chairman of Te Rūnanga ā Iwi o Ngāpuhi, said urgent government intervention is needed to stem the tide of violent crime, family harm, and "the devastating impact of methamphetamine use".
Northland water pipeline projects to receive $40 million in government loans

3 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Peter de Graaf

Two water pipeline projects in drought-hit Northland are set to receive government loans totalling more than $40 million, with the trust leading the work saying it will transform local economies - and solve Dargaville's ongoing water supply woes. Regional Development Minister Shane Jones has announced a $17.5m loan to build a 22km pipeline from the newly built Waihekeora Reservoir to Dargaville, which is currently in the grip of level 4 restrictions forbidding all but essential water use.