While we sheltered, teams of professionals battled the worst storm of the year to keep our community safe and functioning. They'll shrug and say, 'It's all part of the job', but we just want to say, thank you for being outstanding when we really needed it.
For the crew down at Masterton Fire Station, it was all in a crazy day's work as gales blew to 120km/h and thousands lost power across Wairarapa on Wednesday.
Station manager Garry Nielsen said firefighters were bombarded with calls from around 2pm, when a truck was blown off Paierau Rd,