Repairs to pipe damaged during ex-cyclone Gita completedANDY JACKSON/STUFF Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi takes a tour through the Taranaki Civil defence base in New Plymouth. A large tree crashed down on to a water pipe during the storm and caused the most significant loss of water supply the region has experienced. NPDC The broken water pipe that supplied parts of New Plymouth and towns to the east of the city has been fixed. NPDC It took just one smashed water pipe to push the New Plymouth district into a full blown water crisis. NPDC Welders repair a broken water pipe.

Source: Stuff February 22, 2018 18:27 UTC