Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke's Bay Orchardists Still Recovering
Three and a half years on from when Cyclone Gabrielle hit Hawke's Bay, some orchardists in the region are still receiving counselling to help them deal with the trauma they suffered.
The council is claiming that some people have already received insurance payouts to cover this.
A paper to the council says it is unfair to ask other ratepayers to pay for the houses that are no longer habitable.
House owners are rightly furiou about this idiotic proposal which only rubs salt in the wounds of people who have undergone huge suffering at the hands of Gabrielle.
To make matters worse, this proposal has come almost to the day when the cyclone struck.
