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The Gisborne District remains in a state of emergency following ex-tropical cyclone Hale.

Scores of roads remain closed, including State Highway 25 between Tolaga Bay and Ruatoria and State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier.

Hundreds of homes have been without power for another night.

Local Federated Farmers Acting President Charlie Reynolds told Tim Dower the storm is another setback for farmers.

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The Gisborne District may need Government help to recover from ex-tropical cyclone Hale.

A state of emergency remains in effect with many roads still blocked by flooding, including State Highway 25 between Tolaga Bay and Ruatoria, and State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier.

Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan has done an initial flyover with officials to survey the damage

Gisborne Deputy Mayor Josh Wharehinga told Tim Dower the district may formally request government assistance, once the full extent of the situation is known.

Coromandel also remains in clean-up mode, with State Highway 25 closed between Te Puru and Tapu due to a slip.

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Britain's postal service said it was hit Wednesday by a "cyber incident" that is temporarily preventing it from sending letters or parcels to other countries.

Royal Mail reported on its website that international export services were "experiencing severe service disruption" without providing further details.

"We are temporarily unable to dispatch items to overseas destinations," the service said, adding that it recommended customers hold on to mail destined for outside the country while it works on fixing the problem.

"Some customers may experience delay or disruption to items already shipped for export," Royal Mail said.

The British government's National Cyber Security Center said it's aware of the incident and is working with Royal Mail and the National Crime Agency "to fully understand the impact."

Services for mail coming into the country are operating with minor delays, Royal Mail said.

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Our stop on the road trip this morning is the outstanding seaside town of Kaikoura.

It's been a tough few years for the Canterbury gem with the 2016 earthquake and then, just as normality was returning, the pandemic put a stop to their recovery.

But with a 'normal' summer on the horizon - what is the area hoping for?

Kaikoura's Mayor Craig Mackle joined Tim Dower.

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Mental health advocate Jazz Thornton had an extraordinary 2022.

Jazz was this year's winner of Dancing with the Stars, raising money for Youthline.

She released a new book, called Letters to You.

And her social media following is exploding; she now has nearly two million TiktTok followers.

Jazz Thornton joined Tim Dower.

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Breweries are being forced to get creative and spend big money to survive a crippling nationwide shortage of liquid carbon dioxide.

Since the end of refining at Marsden Point last year, the Kapuni carbon dioxide plant has been supplying the gas.

However, it's shut indefinitely for maintenance.

Co-Founder of small Wellington brewery Garage Project, Jos Ruffell told Tim Dower beer production relies on CO2 for cleaning, sterilising, and packaging beer, and to operate the taps the drink is poured from.

He says the company has made significant investment in capture recovery technology, so they can re-use any gas naturally produced during the fermentation process.

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Ex-cyclone or not, Shelley McDougall is pressing on as she walks the length of the country to raise both awareness and money for mental health.

Her trek began at Cape Reinga ten weeks ago and she's now in the South Island, with another eight weeks or so to go before she reaches Bluff.

Shelley McDougall joined Tim Dower.

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A pedestrian crossing in Wellington has come with a $2.4million price tag.

Around $500,000 of that has gone on consultants for the crossing on Cobham Drive.

It's part of the Let's Get Wellington Moving initiative.

Chief Executive of Business Central and the Wellington Chamber of Commerce Simon Arcus joined Tim Dower.

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A race is on to save a historic boating club behind New Zealand's first bid to contest the America's Cup.

Overnight storm surges have chewed away the land under the Mercury Bay Boating Club headquarters in Whitianga.

Thames Coromandel District Council officials yesterday rejected pleas to put blocks on the coastline to protect the building.

But Mayor Len Salt told Tim Dower the council is doing what it can to help the club remove the deck from the building, and will work with the club to move the building back from the shore.

A state of emergency remains in effect in the Gisborne District where several homes around Hikuwai River have been evacuated, and many properties have been cut off.

Tolaga Bay Civil Defence controller Greg Shelton told Tim Dower he's been out surveying the damage.

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Football Australia has fined Melbourne Victory a record $550,000 ($564,000) for bringing the game into disrepute following the riotous scenes when fans stormed the pitch during the derby with Melbourne City last December.

The financial sanctions are made up of $450,000 ($488,000) in fines and damages and $100,000 ($108,000) in lost revenue due to the sporting sanctions imposed.

Victory fans invaded the pitch after City goalkeeper Tom Glover threw a flare that had landed in his penalty area back towards them. He was then hit in the head with a bucket thrown by a fan, who was one of 17 supporters subsequently banned, some for life.

Fans invade the pitch. Photo / Getty Images

Along with the financial penalty, the FFA also declared that only seating for registered club members will be allowed at the Victory’s home games for the remainder of the 2022-23 season and finals series.

Also, no specifically allocated club supporter seating at the club’s away games will be provided for the remainder of the season and 2022-23.

The Victory have also been handed a suspended 10-point deduction that may be triggered for “each instance of serious supporter misconduct during this season and the next three seasons”.

 “Football Australia has found that the Melbourne Victory Football Club, through the inexcusable conduct of many individuals who entered the field of play from the Melbourne Victory Active Supporters section at the Melbourne derby on 17 December, 2022, has committed a serious breach of our rules and regulations,” FFA boss James Johnson said.

“The sanctions we have issued against Melbourne Victory are the heaviest in the A-League era. These sanctions are reflective of our desire to remove this behaviour and those that perpetuate it from our game. They also form part of a broader response to this incident which has seen 17 bans issued against individuals to date, including three lifetime bans, and preliminary sanctions against Melbourne Victory.

“The field of play is sacred and the safety of our players and match officials is paramount. Those individuals that illegally entered the field of play, caused damage and verbally and physically assaulted players and officials crossed the line. We have worked closely with Victoria Police to identify these individuals and will continue to do so to ensure those that display anti-social and criminal behaviour at football events are not involved in our game in any way.

Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover is struck in the face by a metal bucket thrown at him from Melbourne Victory supporters who stormed the pitch at AAMI Stadium in Melbourne. Photo / Sky Sport

“I can sympathise with the vast majority of fans and the broader football community who were sickened and hurt by the actions of those individuals.

“The sanctions imposed on Melbourne Victory are a necessary step to ensure we create an environment where we place football first and our community can enjoy matches.”

The match, which was abandoned after 22 minutes, will be replayed in April 2023 from the 22nd minute, with the 1-0 scoreline in City’s favour standing.

The Victory have seven business days to appeal Football Australia’s determination, should the club elect to do so.

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