Timeline of a flood in Wairoa: Why didn't Hawke's Bay Regional Council act sooner?
HBRC staff say river mouth opening would not have stayed in place if it was done earlier
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'My kids are screaming': Wairoa mother’s frightening escape from rising waters
'It was bad. I have lived here my whole life and never seen it like this.'
State of emergency continues in Wairoa but lifted in Haumoana as clean-up continues
Floodwaters have gone inside properties, flooding carpets and walls.
Showers forecast to continue along storm-hit East Coast, flooding forces hundreds of evacuations
Hundreds were evacuated from their homes after states of emergency were declared.
Hawke's Bay battles floods: Homes evacuated, power cut off, roads closed
Thousands were left powerless, homes were inundated and rocks pummelled roofs.
'Only machinery': Diggers lost in bid to open Wairoa River bar
Wairoa contracting team lost three parked digger during a mission to open the bar.
When police knocked at 3am: The ordeals of Hawke's Bay's flood victims
'I’ve been here more than 30 years, it’s never, never been anywhere near this before.'
Line up. Line up. Join the brigade.
All volunteer fire brigades need more members - it's no different in the Wairoa district.
Building skills for a housing future after Cyclone Gabrielle in Wairoa
'There’s such a huge age range of learners - from school students to grandmothers.'
Wairoa mayor calls for community solutions as 19.5% rate rise proposed
Costs for councils are 'not good news', but ratepayers might have some solutions.
Phone news service operating for quarter of a century needs new volunteers
Those with a talent for talking are urged to put their name forward.
Hawke’s Bay news in brief: Redundancies as Hastings company sold
Hastings-based company Kiwigarden, which produces healthy snacks for kids, has been sold.
School lockdown lifted, police still working on 'ongoing incident' in Wairoa
Council offices were 'among sites immediately locked down as a precaution'.
SH2 reopens after logging truck's roll
Logging truck rolls in Hawke's Bay, leaving the main road littered with its load.
Matariki in Wairoa involves lanterns and fireworks
Bring gumboots and a spade for harakeke planting and checking out inanga spawning sites.
Wet weather cancels Matariki-inspired event in Flaxmere
The event would have featured lanterns being floated in a pond at a park.
Wairoa Athletic's club day promises a community weekend
It's boom times for the club, which hosts rugby, squash, netball and football too.
Purple patch after theft: Bay Blueberries bounces back with industry security advice
Events and workshops will attract growers, exporters and suppliers.
Keeping it Smedley: Trees grown on farm transformed into education facilities by cadets
The cadets built an education hub. Now their attention is focused on a six-stand woolshed.
'Killing our community': SH2 Napier to Wairoa road repairs far too slow, mayor says
A mayor is fed up with the repair work 'taking far too long' on the major highway.
Wairoa horticulture graduates a milestone in trust's plans for economic growth
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa announces its first five horticulture cadet graduates.
Hawke's Bay gets Faulty Towers dining experience - step inside a 70s restaurant filled with comedy
Three-course meals and five-star comedy will be on offer.
What’s cooking in Wairoa? The classes that Gabrielle created
A new cooking class aims to teach affordability and nutrition of home meals.
Hawke's Bay flood projects get faster consenting process
Streamlined consenting would only be available to applications lodged by councils.
Hawke's Bay home to Lotto winners
The top prize rolled over to a $50m must-be-won draw on Saturday.
'Hope and progress': Keys to repaired home handed over to Wairoa whānau
Tātau Tātau Trust hands over keys to its first repaired home in Wairoa.
They had to abandon their home of 53 years — now a trust has handed the keys back to them
Lavinia Waihape welled with emotion as she thanked all those who had made it happen.
Frasertown hunt returns after three-year hiatus
'It is in your blood, it is part of life. Hopefully, this carries on.'
The busiest man in the game has a lucky Bounce
Ned George got a push into sheepdog trialling from his grandad and hasn't looked back.
A bit unseasonal - a warm week for Hawke’s Bay
Napier was the warmest in the country at 10am on Monday.
Hawke's Bay's Budget 2024 winners and losers
'We now need to work through the detail around how much [money] is coming to Hawke’s Bay.'
Hastings Boys’ High nails Super 8 rugby win over New Plymouth
Super 8 first fifteens rugby started on Saturday.
Cyclone survivor Gabrielle Mei, 89, to move back into her destroyed Wairoa house after 15 months
A year and a half on from the devastation of her namesake, Gabrielle Mei can return home.
First council in NZ to introduce Māori ward readies for representation review
All councils have to review representation every six years. Now it's Wairoa's turn.