Restoring State Highway 35 and reconnecting communities

Video transcript

Timestamp	Visual information	Audio information
00:00:00	Drone shots showing the new temporary 85m-long Bailey bridge spanning the Hikuwai River – one shot flying along its length, the others looking at it from the side and above	Gentle music
00:00:04	[Text] Four months to the day since Cyclone Gabrielle destroyed the Hikuwai No 1 bridge, the first steps were taken on a reconnected State Highway 35.	Sound of karakia
00:00:11	Shots of kaumatua performing karakia and leading people across the new bridge	Sound of karakia
00:00:15	Close up shots of person’s hand touching the bridge	Sound of karakia
00:00:18	Interview with Associate Minister of Transport Kiritapu Allan standing in front of the fields that surround the bridge	A huge day for the coast, a huge day for the people. It means that we've got that connection of relationships between our coastal towns.
00:00:26	Interview with Jaclyn Hankin, Waka Kotahi Regional Manager standing in front of the new Bailey bridge	I am really proud. It's a special day.
00:00:30	People working on site, including operating heavy machinery and drilling into the ground
00:00:30	[Text] But it couldn’t have been achieved without the relentless efforts of hundreds of people working throughout Tairāwhiti.
00:00:36	Interview with Jaclyn Hankin, Waka Kotahi Regional Manager	Day in, day out, they've never given up. They could see that this was in sight and they wanted to get this done for the communities.
00:00:38	Birds eye view of work site, showing remaining parts of the destroyed bridge, and the new bridge alongside it
00:00:42	Interview with Associate Minister of Transport Kiritapu Allan	Having this Bailey bridge here, enabling that connectivity on State Highway 35, is absolutely critical.
00:00:49	Speech by Gisborne Mayor Reyette Stoltz.	Not only for business or economics or for welfare or social, it's also a health link. It is wonderful that we can see slowly us getting back on our feet. There's still a long. long journey ahead of us.
00:00:52	Birds eye view looking directly down on new Bailey bridge, and the old Bailey bridge destroyed alongside it
00:01:02	Shot looking down the bridge, with green fields and hills in the distance
00:01:02	[Text] SH35 is more than a road. It is part of the East Coast’s identity.
00:01:08	Interview with Philip Hope, Potae Inc Chairman	It's part of the fabric of tangata whenua, that call te Tairāwhiti home. And this is about uplifting whānau that live on the coast. They are our valued asset, our most valued asset, and this is just a demonstration that we really value whānau and I think that's the thing that keeps everyone going.
00:01:18	Shots of people in crowd for opening ceremony
00:01:25	Birds eye view looking directly down on new Bailey bridge, with Hikuwai river running beneath it
00:01:25	[Text] And the work is not done. Our focus is now on finding long term solutions for Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay.
00:01:33	Speech by Sir Selwyn Parata Ngati Porou Chairman	The resilient people that we are, resilience can only go so far.
00:01:48	Drone images showing workers suspended alongside on the piles of the bridge
00:01:48	[Text] So, alongside our partners, we’ll be building resilience into SH35 itself, to keep communities better connected.
00:01:54	Speech by Sir Selwyn Parata Ngati Porou Chairman	We need to be working together, rebuilding, reshaping and looking forward to Ngati Porou rohe, the Tairāwhiti, being a better place for ourselves and for those that choose to travel through this paradise of Aotearoa.
00:01:56	Close up shots of people’s faces, people with arms around one another, smiling and agreeing with the words being spoken.
00:02:05	Waka Kotahi logo

Time	00:00:00
Visual info	Drone shots showing the new temporary 85m-long Bailey bridge spanning the Hikuwai River – one shot flying along its length, the others looking at it from the side and above
Audio info	Gentle music

Time	00:00:04
Visual info	[Text] Four months to the day since Cyclone Gabrielle destroyed the Hikuwai No 1 bridge, the first steps were taken on a reconnected State Highway 35.
Audio info	Sound of karakia

Time	00:00:11
Visual info	Shots of kaumatua performing karakia and leading people across the new bridge
Audio info	Sound of karakia

Time	00:00:15
Visual info	Close up shots of person’s hand touching the bridge
Audio info	Sound of karakia

Time	00:00:18
Visual info	Interview with Associate Minister of Transport Kiritapu Allan standing in front of the fields that surround the bridge
Audio info	A huge day for the coast, a huge day for the people. It means that we've got that connection of relationships between our coastal towns.

Time	00:00:26
Visual info	Interview with Jaclyn Hankin, Waka Kotahi Regional Manager standing in front of the new Bailey bridge
Audio info	I am really proud. It's a special day.

Time	00:00:30
Visual info	People working on site, including operating heavy machinery and drilling into the ground
Audio info

Time	00:00:30
Visual info	[Text] But it couldn’t have been achieved without the relentless efforts of hundreds of people working throughout Tairāwhiti.
Audio info

Time	00:00:36
Visual info	Interview with Jaclyn Hankin, Waka Kotahi Regional Manager
Audio info	Day in, day out, they've never given up. They could see that this was in sight and they wanted to get this done for the communities.

Time	00:00:38
Visual info	Birds eye view of work site, showing remaining parts of the destroyed bridge, and the new bridge alongside it
Audio info

Time	00:00:42
Visual info	Interview with Associate Minister of Transport Kiritapu Allan
Audio info	Having this Bailey bridge here, enabling that connectivity on State Highway 35, is absolutely critical.

Time	00:00:49
Visual info	Speech by Gisborne Mayor Reyette Stoltz.
Audio info	Not only for business or economics or for welfare or social, it's also a health link. It is wonderful that we can see slowly us getting back on our feet. There's still a long. long journey ahead of us.

Time	00:00:52
Visual info	Birds eye view looking directly down on new Bailey bridge, and the old Bailey bridge destroyed alongside it
Audio info

Time	00:01:02
Visual info	Shot looking down the bridge, with green fields and hills in the distance
Audio info

Time	00:01:02
Visual info	[Text] SH35 is more than a road. It is part of the East Coast’s identity.
Audio info

Time	00:01:08
Visual info	Interview with Philip Hope, Potae Inc Chairman
Audio info	It's part of the fabric of tangata whenua, that call te Tairāwhiti home. And this is about uplifting whānau that live on the coast. They are our valued asset, our most valued asset, and this is just a demonstration that we really value whānau and I think that's the thing that keeps everyone going.

Time	00:01:18
Visual info	Shots of people in crowd for opening ceremony
Audio info

Time	00:01:25
Visual info	Birds eye view looking directly down on new Bailey bridge, with Hikuwai river running beneath it
Audio info

Time	00:01:25
Visual info	[Text] And the work is not done. Our focus is now on finding long term solutions for Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay.
Audio info

Time	00:01:33
Visual info	Speech by Sir Selwyn Parata Ngati Porou Chairman
Audio info	The resilient people that we are, resilience can only go so far.

Time	00:01:48
Visual info	Drone images showing workers suspended alongside on the piles of the bridge
Audio info

Time	00:01:48
Visual info	[Text] So, alongside our partners, we’ll be building resilience into SH35 itself, to keep communities better connected.
Audio info

Time	00:01:54
Visual info	Speech by Sir Selwyn Parata Ngati Porou Chairman
Audio info	We need to be working together, rebuilding, reshaping and looking forward to Ngati Porou rohe, the Tairāwhiti, being a better place for ourselves and for those that choose to travel through this paradise of Aotearoa.

Time	00:01:56
Visual info	Close up shots of people’s faces, people with arms around one another, smiling and agreeing with the words being spoken.
Audio info

Time	00:02:05
Visual info	Waka Kotahi logo
Audio info