Floods open marae
Over Easter heavy rain caused significant flooding across the South Island and many people heading away for their holidays got stopped at Hampden. The roads were closed due to flooding and Civil Defence asked for the marae to be opened to accommodate the overflow of people stranded.
Eighteen people including three bands on a New Zealand tour and a whānau from Murihiku/Waewae/Tasmania arrived in time for dinner and when the roads re-opened at 10.30 pm they all decided they wanted to stay the night. It was great that Moeraki Marae is being utilised by the community like this, in times of need.
Manuhiri at Moeraki Marae during the floods.