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Cyclone Bola

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This news footage from March 1988 shows some of the effects of Cyclone Bola on the East Coast farming community.

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Eileen McSaveney, Floods – Southland floods and Cyclone Bola, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/4889/cyclone-bola (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2024.