RED CROSS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Red Cross team members were in town this month to see for themselves on-the-ground progress in Wairoa.
The corporate team of Sean Stewart, Shane Chisholm and Jane Derbyshire have been supporting Wairoa’s rebuild from afar and welcomed the opportunity to see how the Red Cross assistance was helping local people.
Following the devastating weather events of January and February 2023, the New Zealand Red Cross launched the New Zealand Disaster Fund to help people and communities affected by the disasters.
Through the donations it receives, the Red Cross has pledged over $1 million to help repair flood-damaged homes in the Wairoa area.
Funding is delivered via plumbing and electrical packages for septic tank cleaning, reticulation plumbing, reinstatement of home heating and essential electrical and bathroom repairs and also Home Bundles, which include home essentials from kitchen appliances to bedding and furniture.
The visit, which included the familiar face of NZ Disaster Fund Project Manager for Tairawhiti/Wairoa Phil Parker, gave the team an authentic insight into what was happening in Wairoa.
“It is great to see first-hand the difference that these bundles and packages have made to people’s lives and also to see where additional help is needed,” said the team.
Locally, there are 40 whānau registered to receive the Red Cross Home Bundles with deliveries rolling out as houses are nearing completion. For more information, contact the Recovery Office.
The corporate team of Sean Stewart, Shane Chisholm and Jane Derbyshire have been supporting Wairoa’s rebuild from afar and welcomed the opportunity to see how the Red Cross assistance was helping local people.
Following the devastating weather events of January and February 2023, the New Zealand Red Cross launched the New Zealand Disaster Fund to help people and communities affected by the disasters.
Through the donations it receives, the Red Cross has pledged over $1 million to help repair flood-damaged homes in the Wairoa area.
Funding is delivered via plumbing and electrical packages for septic tank cleaning, reticulation plumbing, reinstatement of home heating and essential electrical and bathroom repairs and also Home Bundles, which include home essentials from kitchen appliances to bedding and furniture.
The visit, which included the familiar face of NZ Disaster Fund Project Manager for Tairawhiti/Wairoa Phil Parker, gave the team an authentic insight into what was happening in Wairoa.
“It is great to see first-hand the difference that these bundles and packages have made to people’s lives and also to see where additional help is needed,” said the team.
Locally, there are 40 whānau registered to receive the Red Cross Home Bundles with deliveries rolling out as houses are nearing completion. For more information, contact the Recovery Office.
Makere Jones’s flood-damaged Ormond Road home has running water again thanks to Red Cross support. Pictured from left are Red Cross’s Shane Chisholm, Jane Derbyshire, Sean Stewart, along with Makere Jones, NZ Disaster Fund Project Manager for Tairawhiti/Wairoa Phil Parker and Wairoa Recovery Manager Benita Tahuri.
The team survey the damage in a gutted Mackley Street house.
Red Cross team members visited the Tawhiti-a-Maru Marae and St Therese’s Church on Ruataniwha Road. Looking out the wharekai window is where the flood waters breached, flooding the site. Pictured from left, Red Cross’s Shane Chisholm and Phil Parker and Wairoa Recovery Manager Benita Tahuri, Red Cross’s Sean Stewart and Jane Derbyshire and local woman Kelly Thompson.