
Wairoa floods: Over 50 families and residents apply for temporary housing
The housing service opened on Tuesday for affected people.
The housing service opened on Tuesday for affected people.
The region was hit by severe weather and flooding in late June.
'Wairoa will be the winner on the day,' Mayor Craig Little says.
People can still donate to the ‘where the need is greatest’ fund.
Finalists include industries from honey making to fruit growers to manufacturers and tech.
Three Wairoa teams did the business one Saturday; now home matches are next.
CFO Luke Knight and fellow volunteers were on the job with fellow firefighters at 4.30am.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon travelled to Wairoa this morning to meet with the mayor and victims of the floods. Video / NZ Herald
Mum who spoke to PM feared for her and young son's lives as floodwaters rose 'so fast'.
Pou washed from bank saved from the sea in Mahia.
Flooding swept through about 120 homes; damage is estimated in the tens of millions.
Gisborne letters about boot camps, Wairoa flooding, Grey St, Gaza war.
The Auckland funder established links with the town after Cyclone Gabrielle.
A resident says riverbed sediment build-up is 'elephant in the room'.
The community had expressed concern the bar at the river mouth hadn't been opened up.
Awatoto flood protection, housing and roads funding, and water security on the wishlist.
No one was home when fire took hold of a home during the flood.
Psychologist says the memory of Cyclone Gabrielle is still raw.
Council chooses to run Givealittle page for a struggling community.
Defence Force and emergency services veterans volunteering their services in Wairoa.
Craig Little says a pile of wet carpet and destroyed belongings is now lining the streets.
Forty-foot containers have been uplifted and moved at the Limery.
About 100 homes were flooded and 400 properties and homes were impacted.
HBRC staff say river mouth opening would not have stayed in place if it was done earlier
'It was bad. I have lived here my whole life and never seen it like this.'
Floodwaters have gone inside properties, flooding carpets and walls.
Hundreds were evacuated from their homes after states of emergency were declared.
Thousands were left powerless, homes were inundated and rocks pummelled roofs.