The consulate staff remain safe and operational remotely.
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New Zealand’s consul-general in Los Angeles, Katja Ackerley, and her family have evacuated as wildfires devastate the area. Over 70,000 residents have been displaced, with at least two fatalities and 1000 buildings destroyed.
The consulate staff remain safe and operational remotely, though the official residence lies in an evacuation zone. Football Fern Ali Riley shared her heartbreak, saying, “My entire neighbourhood is gone.”
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New OIA material says NIWA did no historic storm research on Hawke’s Bay as Cyclone Gabrielle approached, raising fresh questions about missed warnings, flawed risk assessment, and what ministers were told afterwards.
He claimed TVNZ had “let her down so badly”.
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