Wave Warning issued for Tolaga Bay to Potikirua Point
Valid from 12:00pm 17 April to 12:00am 19 April
Combined Wave: Northeast combined waves rising to 5.5 metres Thursday midday, then easing below 5 metres Friday midday, and below 4 metres Saturday morning. Peak period 11 seconds.
Swell: Northeast swell rising to 4 metres Thursday midday, then 5 metres Thursday evening. Easing below 4.5 metres Friday midday and below 3.5 metres Saturday morning. Period 11 seconds.
Wind Wave: Northeast wind waves 2.5 metres.
Pressure: Minimum pressure 1012.3hPa forecast 3pm Fri 18th. Maximum pressure 1022.7hPa forecast 12pm Thu 17th.
Tides: The highest risk period is typically at or within 1-2 hours of high tide
Gisborne high tides: 8:52am Thu 17th, 9:19pm Thu 17th, 9:33am Fri 18th, 10:00pm Fri 18th.
A reminder to keep a watch for land movement
If you’re on a hilly section please check your land and contact us if you notice any cracks, creaking noises, doors sticking in your home or retaining walls leaning. Call us on 0800 653 800.
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Recovery following Cyclone Gabrielle
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Disasters happen any time - are you prepared?
It's important you're ready to cope on your own for up to 3 days or more. Here's a guide for what you need as a minimum:
- An emergency plan - where to meet family and how to contact one another if separated.
- Prepare a grab bag of essential items.
- Enough food in your home to last 2-3 days.
- Know where to get water, if your usual supply is not available.
- Alternative lighting - a torch with spare batteries or a wind up one, gas lantern or light-sticks.
- Battery operated or wind up radio and spare batteries - don't forget your car radio as a last resort.
- First aid kit, make sure it includes any essential medications.
- Blankets, survival blankets or warm waterproof clothing.
- Alternative cooking methods, BBQ or gas cooker.
- Store important family documents where you can get them easily.
For more information - Get ready
Emergency status and what they mean
No Civil Defence emergency
Always be prepared, a sudden event can occur at any time.
Weather warning
When MetService issue a new warning the status will change to 'Weather Warning' when the event actually starts the Civil Defence status will change to 'Alert or Activated' depending on the events severity.
Alert or Activated
We've been alerted to a possible situation and Civil Defence is in a monitoring and information gathering mode:
- MetService and the event has started, or
- Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, or
- Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management, or
- Other warning systems such as telemetry / flood warning.
Declared emergency
A state of local emergency declared under section 68 or section 69 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002. An emergency means a situation that:
- is the result of any happening, whether natural or otherwise, including, without limitation, any explosion, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, land movement, flood, storm, tornado, cyclone, serious fire, leakage or spillage of any dangerous gas or substance, technological failure, infestation, plague, epidemic, failure of or disruption to an emergency service or a lifeline utility, or actual or imminent attack or warlike act; and
- causes or may cause loss of life or injury or illness or distress or in any way endangers the safety of the public or property in New Zealand or any part of New Zealand; and
- cannot be dealt with by emergency services, or otherwise requires a significant and coordinated response under the Act.
State of National Emergency
Declared under Section 66 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002.