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Riverside neighbourhood stands united

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The Fergusson Drive street party nearly a year after riverside residents were hammered by Cyclone Gabrielle featured face-painting and a bouncy castle while police officers Russell Holmes and Alexa Coleman (pictured right) were kept busy on the barbecue. Picture by Lizzy Burns

Fergusson Drive and Cobham Place residents gathered together on Saturday for a street party named F**k You Gabby to celebrate the resilience and togetherness their neighbourhood has shown a year on from the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Residents on the river side of Fergusson Drive were heavily impacted when the Taruheru River rose to extreme levels and flooded homes during the early hours o...

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