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Kate Hicks

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Kate Hicks lives in the Manawatū and runs a non-profit birth trauma support website when she's not parenting her two kids.

Earthquake damage to state highway one near Ohau Point following the Kaikōura earthquake in November 2016 (Photo: MARK MITCHELL/AFP/Getty Images)

Another kind of isolation: Reflecting on a quake-induced lockdown

When the road closed between Kaikōura and her home, Kate Hicks faced six weeks of isolation. She talks about readjusting to society.

By Kate Hicks | 16th May, 2020