Extreme Weather Aged 67, with eyelash extensions and a year of weightlifting under her belt, Lindy Andrews joined Taskforce Kiwi - a volunteer group made up of defence and emergency services veterans - to get stuck in with cyclone relief in Hawkes Bay Valentine's Day 2023. It's one I'll remember. Not for the wine and roses, but for the hell Gabrielle unleashed. At 11am, Hawkes Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management issued an immediate evacuation notice cutting a swathe through Napier, from Waiohiki to Anderson Park.

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