Whakakīhia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te 11 o Poutu-te-rangi 2011, i pā tētahi ruu nui 9.1 i te takutai o Tohoku, i Hapani, ā, i pā mai he tsunami whakangaromanga i te rohe. Hei whakautu, I whakarewahia e te whakahaere te Kaupapa Tohoku, i whakatū i ngā mahi i te taone o Rikuzentakata me te taone o Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, i reira tata ki te 7,200 nga whare i kino kinotia e te
te ruu me te tsunami. I reira, i mahi tahi rātau me ngā rau o ngā kaitohutohu ki te horoi i ngā paru o ngā whare, o ngā awaawa, o ngā wāhi tūmatanui, ki te whakatika hoki i ngā whare.