Watch what it was like to ride out Cyclone Hale in a tent on the Coromandel Peninsula
As Cyclone Hale battered the upper North Island, Anna Gregg and her family were hunkering down in their tent on the Coromandel.
Before it hit, they had two choices – leave as soon as they arrived at Hahei Beach or set up and ride it out.
They chose the latter.
After surviving two wild nights and plenty of rain, Gregg says they’ll leave the cyclone camping experience as a “once in a lifetime experience”.
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