Andrew Austin, Editor of Hawke's Bay Today.
By the rest of the country's standards we seemed to have escaped the worst of the rain and flooding over the last seven days.
People in the Coromandel and parts of Auckland, as well as many other areas, will be longing for the sun to come out again. Homes
have been flooded, there have been power outages, places cut off and stock deaths as three storms have hit the North Island over the past week.
For us the rain was still welcome for the land, even if it did cause a few problems. It seems hard to believe it was just a few short weeks ago that strong, hot winds were fanning flames on Waimarama Rd.
The downside of all this rain is the effect it can have on events, and organisers of both Horse of the Year and the annual Triple Peaks race would have been hoping for good weather. Alas, torrential rain overnight on Friday meant Saturday's events were always going to be a challenge.
The great thing is that the show literally went on. Triple Peaks organisers adapted the race to become Te Mata Peak three times.
