19 Nov 2025

Around the motu: Libby Kirkby-McLeod in Hamilton

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 19 November 2025
Two people are guided across dangerous floodwaters in Tasman on Friday 11 July, 2025, by members from Fire and Emergency NZ's specialist water response teams from Christchurch and Nelson, using long poles to test what lies under the water.

Two people are guided across dangerous floodwaters in Tasman on Friday 11 July, 2025, by members from Fire and Emergency NZ's specialist water response teams from Christchurch and Nelson, using long poles to test what lies under the water. Photo: Supplied/ Fire and Emergency NZ

Libby discuses the local impact of a decision by Fire and Emergency to pull back from responding to water emergencies, wire thefts leaving life threatening hazard and the Japanese textile collection on display at a gallery in Morrinsville.