After a flood
Information on managing after a flood in te reo Māori, English, NZSL, Braille, Cook Islands Maori, Fijian, Samoan, Tongan, audio and large print.
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Some of these factsheets mention Cyclone Gabrielle. While they were written after the cyclone, the advice on the sheets is useful after any storm or flood.
English - Standard print
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- Precautions around silt (PDF, 773 KB)
- Food safety in the home after a flood (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Looking after your health after a flood (PDF, 767 KB)
- Making your drinking water safe (PDF, 3.8 MB)
- Returning home after a flood (PDF, 774 KB)
- Rural health advice after a flood (PDF, 840 KB)
- Sewage disposal (PDF, 799 KB)
English - Large print
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- Precautions around silt (PDF, 132 KB)
- Precautions around silt (DOCX, 58 KB)
- Food safety in the home after a flood (PDF, 233 KB)
- Food safety in the home after a flood (DOCX, 88 KB)
- Looking after your health after a flood (PDF, 138 KB)
- Looking after your health after a flood (DOCX, 59 KB)
- Making your water safe (PDF, 137 KB)
- Making your water safe (DOCX, 59 KB)
- Returning home after a flood (PDF, 144 KB)
- Returning home after a flood (DOCX, 61 KB)
- Rural health advice after a flood (PDF, 146 KB)
- Rural health advice after a flood (DOCX, 61 KB)
- Sewage disposal (PDF, 137 KB)
- Sewage disposal (DOCX, 59 KB)
Māori
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Note: These booklets were produced after Cyclone Gabrielle. They have a lot of information relating to this particular emergency. However, they are also still useful for general flood-related information.
Te tiaki i tōu hauora me te toiora whai muri i te waipuke, huripari rānei - Te Matau-a-Māui
Te tiaki i tōu hauora me te toiora whai muri i te waipuke, huripari rānei - Tairāwhiti
Braille
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Audio - English
Cook Islands Maori
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- Te au ‘akamatakite‘anga no runga i te vari marō o te vai puke (PDF, 723 KB)
- Te meitaki o te kai i roto i te ngutu‘are (PDF 758 KB)
- Te ‘ākono‘anga i to‘ou ora‘anga kōpapa i muri ake i te au puke‘anga vai (PDF, 729 KB)
- Te ma`ani`anga i to`ou vai kia ponuiā`au (PDF, 755 KB)
- Te ‘oki‘anga ki te kainga, i muri ake i teta‘i vai-puke (PDF, 732 KB)
- Arataki‘anga no runga i te ora‘anga i va‘o ake i te ‘oire, i muri ake i teta‘i puke‘anga vai (PDF, 788 KB)
- Te ‘akaātea‘anga sewage (PDF, 739 KB)
Fijian
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- Qarauna na kuvu ni deni waluvu, soso se na qele (PDF, 723 KB)
- Qarauni ni kakana e vale (PDF, 756 KB)
- Qarauni ni nomu bula ni oti na waluvu (PDF, 728 KB)
- Me taqomaki na nomu wai (PDF, 754 KB)
- Lesu i vale ni oti na waluvu (PDF, 730 KB)
- iVakasala ni bula ena veikoro ni oti na waluvu (PDF, 786 KB)
- Benu ni valelailai (PDF, 736 KB)
Samoan
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- Faaeteete i le pefu mai faaputuga palapala, pala ma le palapala (PDF, 722 KB)
- Saogalemu o meaai i le fale (PDF, 754 KB)
- Tausiga o lou soifua maloloina i le uma ai o lologa (PDF, 728 KB)
- Faiga e tausisia ai le saogalemu o suavai (PDF, 753 KB)
- Toe foi ai i le fale pe a uma se lologa (PDF, 731 KB)
- Fautuaga faalesoifua maloloina mo tagata tau mamao mai le taulaga i le uma ai o lologa (PDF, 786 KB)
- Lafoaia otaota o tagata (PDF, 738 KB)
Tongan
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- Ngaahi faka‘ehi‘ehi fekau‘aki mo e ‘oné (PDF, 725 KB)
- Malu ‘a e me‘atokoní ‘i ‘api (PDF, 757 KB)
- Ko hono tokanga‘i ‘o ho‘o mo‘ui leleí hili ‘a e ngaahi tāfeá (PDF, 729 KB)
- Ko hono ngaohi ke malu ‘a ho’o vaí (PDF, 756 KB)
- Ko e foki ki ‘apí hili ha tāfea (PDF, 732 KB)
- Fale‘i ki he mo‘ui leleí ki he ngaahi feitu‘u ‘i ‘utá hili ha tāfea (PDF, 787 KB)
- Faka‘auha ‘o e veve meí he ngaahi falemālōloó (sewage) (PDF, 740 KB)