10 Aug 2023

Saturated earth keeps burials from happening in Tai Rawhiti

From First Up, 5:26 am on 10 August 2023

Time now to hear what's been happening on the East Coast in Tai Rawhiti... Funeral burials have been on hold there for most of the year, as the ground is saturated from the constant rain. Meanwhile, the Tokomaru Bay community is upset after someone painted over their famous 30-year-old mural. Local Democracy reporter Matthew Rosenberg is in Gisborne. He joined our producer Matthew Hutching with the details.