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March 23, 2023
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Vanuatu’s Minister of Climate Change warns “there’s going to be a lot of hardship” for people waiting for their crops to grow back as dry rations are distributed to communities. Minister Ralph Regenvanu said the main food push started in the middle of last week, with only a small ... <a title="Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/vanuatu-minister-says-harvests-will-take-time-to-recover-after-cyclones/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury This decade is the critical moment for making deep, rapid cuts to emissions, and acting to protect people from dangerous climate impacts we can no longer avoid, according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The synthesis report is the culmination of seven ... <a title="IPCC report: world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to climate realities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/ipcc-report-world-must-cut-emissions-and-urgently-adapt-to-climate-realities/" aria-label="Read more about IPCC report: world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to climate realities">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific reporter Tens of thousands of ni-Vanuatu children could be experiencing “stress and trauma” after the double cyclones that tore through the island nation last week, say educators. With widespread damages to infrastructure, many children have lost their homes, had their schools damaged, and neighbourhoods hit hard by tropical cyclones Judy ... <a title="Cyclones: Vanuatu children ‘need to see their friends’, educator warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/cyclones-vanuatu-children-need-to-see-their-friends-educator-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclones: Vanuatu children ‘need to see their friends’, educator warns">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist People in Vanuatu remain optimistic about their future after two destructive cyclones in two days left parts of the Pacific nation in ruins. Authorities are yet to determine the full scale of the damage caused by the back-to-back severe tropical cyclones Judy and Kevin. But those who had to ... <a title="Back-to-back cyclones in Vanuatu – stories of survival in ‘tough go’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/back-to-back-cyclones-in-vanuatu-stories-of-survival-in-tough-go/" aria-label="Read more about Back-to-back cyclones in Vanuatu – stories of survival in ‘tough go’">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Vanuatu has been under a state of emergency, after two earthquakes and two cyclones hit in as many days, reports ABC News. Hundreds of people remained in emergency evacuation centres in the capital Port Vila as Tropical Cyclone Kevin brought destructive winds and heavy rainfall. The Fiji Meteorology Service said wind gusts ... <a title="Tropical Cyclone Kevin lashes Port Vila with destructive winds and heavy rain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/tropical-cyclone-kevin-lashes-port-vila-with-destructive-winds-and-heavy-rain/" aria-label="Read more about Tropical Cyclone Kevin lashes Port Vila with destructive winds and heavy rain">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
RNZ Pacific Ni-Vanuatu residents have emerged battered but still standing after Cyclone Kevin swiped the country with a strong backhand. “It was quite exhausting. Dealing with two cyclones in three days is pretty draining, you know,” Vanuatu journalist Dan McGarry told RNZ Pacific. He said the gale-force winds have been rough. He woke early on ... <a title="Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/vanuatu-residents-exhausted-after-two-wild-cyclones-in-three-days/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
RNZ Pacific A state of emergency has been declared in Vanuatu following the damage to infrastructure and homes left by severe tropical cyclone Judy. It comes as the country deals with a second cyclone, called Kevin, bears down on the country. At 2am local time the category 2 cyclone was about 165km south-west of Santo ... <a title="PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/pm-kalsakau-in-cyclone-ravaged-vanuatu-declares-emergency-as-new-storm-bears-down/" aria-label="Read more about PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears down">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2023
RNZ Pacific New Zealand police report that the number of people cited as uncontactable following Cyclone Gabrielle has dropped to eight — down from 13 on Friday night. Some of those were people who, “for a variety of reasons, do not engage with authorities”, police said in a statement. However, getting in touch with them ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Police report number of uncontactable people down to single figures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/26/cyclone-gabrielle-police-report-number-of-uncontactable-people-down-to-single-figures/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Police report number of uncontactable people down to single figures">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2023
RNZ News New Zealand civil defence staff have sent out text alerts to residents in North and West Auckland today to avoid unecessary travel as thunderstorms brought localised downpours. Those in Rodney, Helensville, Upper Harbour, Te Atatu and Henderson Valley received an emergency alert on their mobiles this evening as the rain has increased the ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: More heavy rain for NZ’s disaster-hit northern regions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/24/cyclone-gabrielle-more-heavy-rain-for-nzs-disaster-hit-northern-regions/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: More heavy rain for NZ’s disaster-hit northern regions">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
RNZ News The historic shot tower in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Auckland suburb of Mt Eden which caused concern that it could fall during the worst of Cyclone Gabrielle last week will be demolished from tomorrow. Residents from about 50 housing units surrounding the former Colonial Ammunition Company Shot Tower on Normanby Road were evacuated last ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Historic shot tower to be demolished as storm risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/cyclone-gabrielle-historic-shot-tower-to-be-demolished-as-storm-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Historic shot tower to be demolished as storm risk">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
Almost 30,000 homes have no power and major supply chains have been disrupted in Aotearoa New Zealand — and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is also warning that more fatalities from Cyclone Gabrielle remain possible. Hipkins said it was now seven days after the cyclone had passed through and the true extent of the devastation and ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Lives ‘turned upside down . . . destroyed’, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/cyclone-gabrielle-lives-turned-upside-down-destroyed-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Lives ‘turned upside down . . . destroyed’, says PM">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Mark Bloomberg, University of Canterbury The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by the Thames–Coromandel region in just the first two months of 2023, are merely the latest examples of more frequent erosion-triggering rainfall events over the past decade. Inevitably with the heavy ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change how it grows trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/cyclone-gabrielle-triggers-more-destructive-forestry-slash-nz-must-change-how-it-grows-trees/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change how it grows trees">Read more</a>
