
Wairoa council gives the thumbs up for voting-age change
Wairoa District Council is backing a proposal to lower the local election voting age.
Wairoa District Council is backing a proposal to lower the local election voting age.
Safety on the roads has come a long way since 1973, but police are desperate we do better.
Highway damaged by cyclone is breaking up again within weeks of being repaired.
'We haven’t seen the last of these girls yet.'
SPCA says 'no excuse' for Tahi's condition.
"Some said the water came from the river but it didn’t, it came from behind us."
The PM said the Government 'shouldn't be progressing' the 'poorly utilised' rail link.
The PM is in Cyclone Gabrielle-hit Wairoa in a change from his duties this week.
The plan for the slip-site bypass will include what will be one of NZ's highest bridges.
Travel for Nikara Ross used to mean catching three buses each day to get to school.
Three sites have been one lane for almost 10 months since Cyclone Gabrielle in February.
One person died and another was seriously injured after crashing into the slip.
The waters were raging and so was the man Willie Tran was rescuing.
The movement of a slip near Wairoa on SH2 had made it difficult to keep the road clear.
Civil Defence and emergency services were on alert in Wairoa.
Police knocked on doors to wake families to alert them to the dangers of the rising river.
Roads have been cut-off and communities isolated in Wairoa following the downpours.
A person has died after a car collided with a slip in very wet northern Hawke's Bay.
The switch has been flicked on two North Island new solar power facilities.
Cyclone damage at the showgrounds means a fair to be held in the main street instead.
The sound of rain now brings back terrifying memories for some Hawke’s Bay residents.
Principal: "We’ve been quite the refugee school."
A request for a tax form was 'demeaning' of his person and office, the manager said.
"I’ve never seen water like this before."
Major state highways have reopened after rain caused flooding in Hawke's Bay.
Here's the latest news in brief from around the region.
Twenty one emergency resilience pods arrived in Wairoa just days before Cyclone Gabrielle.
More than half of the silt dumped by the cyclone is still sitting, waiting to be cleared.
Finding homes for the thousands of extra workers who will be brought in to fix roads.
Wairoa led the way with smashing temperature records last month.