
Rugby finals a shot in the arm for Wairoa
'Wairoa will be the winner on the day,' Mayor Craig Little says.
'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.
A critical need: Wairoa iwi trust urges Government to provide social housing.
When the cyclone struck one retired farmer knew he had the skills to lend a hand.
A big day in Hawke's Bay Club rugby.
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.
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The Prime Minister has hinted at a possible review of the management of Wairoa River.
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.
Wairoa contracting team lost three parked digger during a mission to open the bar.
'I’ve been here more than 30 years, it’s never, never been anywhere near this before.'