Museum examines severe weather impacts

The exhibition includes a timeline of weather events and visitors can also experience what it’s like to be caught in a severe storm. Storm Zone – an interactive exhibition at Mangawhai Museum that explores the community’s severe weather events – has received a $35,000 grant from Northland Regional Council’s Climate Resilient Communities Fund. Mangawhai Museum manager Angela Cook says the exhibition aims to build awareness and increase community resilience to severe weather. Mangawhai has experienced more than its share of violent storms in recent years. In February 2023, barely a week after Cy...