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Tairāwhiti / Gisborne Cyclone Recovery
Crown / Gisborne District Council · Gisborne
Infrastructure rebuild in Tairāwhiti following Cyclone Gabrielle and earlier weather events. Includes SH2 and SH35 repairs, flood protection works, and community rebuilding. Some areas face managed retreat decisions.
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98/100 · Very likely to proceed
Completion Probability — likelihood this proceeds on roughly its stated timeline.
Funding statusweight 30%
Delivery stageweight 25%
Election / policy riskweight 20%
Govt priority alignmentweight 12%
Project scaleweight 8%
Delivery agencyweight 5%
Key facts
- Region
- Gisborne
- Sector
- Other
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- $900m
- Indicative completion
- 2026
- Funding status
- Fully Funded
- Lead organisation
- Crown / Gisborne District Council
- Election risk
- Safe
Election risk assessment
Emergency resilience rebuild. Bipartisan.
Government priority alignment
HIGH — Cyclone recovery and flood resilience — strong alignment with the GPS resilience priority.
Chronology
- 2022Multiple severe weather events damage Tairāwhiti roads and infrastructure. SH2 repeatedly closed
- 2023Cyclone Gabrielle (Feb 2023) devastates Tairāwhiti. Major funding package committed
- 2023SH2 (Wairoa–Gisborne) and SH35 (East Coast) repairs begin
- 2024Managed retreat discussions for most vulnerable communities. Flood protection upgrades underway
- 2026Core infrastructure rebuild target — some communities may face permanent relocation