On Tuesday, February 7, The Gisborne Herald ran a page 3 story headlined “Keeping eye on weather systems as summer returns”.
The next day, hiding under the family notices on page 4, was a five-paragraph story headlined “Cyclone warning”.
On February 9, “Civil Defence on alert” headlined a page 3 story.
A day later, Tropical Cyclone 12P Gabrielle had made the front page in a 10...
