First food supplies delivered to Golden Bay communities cut off by slipsFiona Bradley Barge takes supplies to TakakaThe first shipment of food and supermarket supplies to Golden Bay, cut off by road since ex-cyclone Gita hit on Tuesday, has arrived in Takaka. "There's quite strong winds out in Tasman Bay where he is at the minute, and then he'll turn into Golden Bay, and it's pretty calm here." Ex-tropical cyclone Gita brought 16 slips down on the Takaka Hill Road between Motueka and Golden Bay. SALLY KIDSON/STUFF Tata Beach in Golden Bay the morning after the stormNelson Tasman Civil Defence said the limited fuel supply in Golden Bay was being managed with a $30 worth of fuel per vehicle per day restriction in place. Medical supplies have been delivered to the medical centre in Golden Bay to help local supplies that were starting to get low due to the difficult access.

Source: Stuff February 21, 2018 22:23 UTC