Teenage brothers rushed to help others as bank burst in EdgecumbeCHRIS McKEEN/Stuff.co.nz Inside the cordon: Cousins rescue Edgecumbe residents by jetboat. Two teenage brothers were at ground zero when the Edgecumbe stopbank collapsed, flooding the town, but still managed to help save others. Hika Hape, 13, and his brother Tamati embodied the Kiwi spirit in a time of distress. Matt Shand / Fairfax NZ Hika Hape helped a woman and small child through floodwaters after the Rangitaiki River burst its banks into Edgecumbe. "It burst at 8 o'clock, by 9 o'clock we couldn't get out because the road was a river," Hape said.

Source: Stuff April 07, 2017 00:22 UTC