Several patients have been treated in Hawkes Bay Hospital as a result of contamination of the Havelock North town water supply. "We sold out two weeks' worth of supply yesterday. NZME staffer Belinda Henley, a mother of two who divides her time between Auckland and Hawke's Bay, said Havelock North was unusually quiet today. Another Hawkes Bay mother of two, Ola Roberts, had a bad dose of gastro - and so did her kids. In one 24-hour period, six people were admitted to Hawkes Bay Hospital and more had turned up to its emergency department.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 13, 2016 01:41 UTC