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It was a long time coming but it was worth it as Wairoa successfully defended the Barry Cup in the rugby challenge trophy’s only match of 2024. Wairoa beat...

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Keeping Barry Cup and grassroots rugby alive

Fingers are crossed in Wairoa for a Barry Cup sub-unions rugby defence to crown the town’s stellar year in the national game. Holders of the trophy since...

Wairoa hopeful Barry Cup defence will go ahead on Sunday

Plans that will see Wairoa’s excess waste trucked to Hawke’s Bay’s largest landfill on a temporary basis to ease the burden caused by flooding and Cyclone...

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Ōmarunui Landfill to accept 4000 tonnes of Wairoa's rubbish annually

The reviews - which found the flooding was caused by natural phenomena - were not independent, mayor says.

Wairoa mayor, iwi leaders reject regional council reviews into town flooding

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By Lauren Crimp at RNZ A review into the flood that devastated Wairoa in June has found Hawke’s Bay Regional Council lacked a proper plan for managing the...

Council's decision not to open river bar was “surprising”

A review into the devastating June flood in Wairoa has criticised the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for its lack of a clear plan to manage the river mouth. Over 400 properties were flooded after heavy rain on June 26, and local residents had previously called for preventive action to open the river bar before the storm hit. The review, led by former top cop Mike Bush of Bush International Consulting, found that the council did not act preemptivel…

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Review criticises Hawke's Bay Regional Council for poor flood management in Wairoa - Daily Telegraph NZ

A review a flood that hit 400 homes in Wairoa has criticised Hawke's Bay Regional Council, with locals calling council staff "patronising" and "technocratic".

Wairoa flood review finds council lacked plan and didn't listen to locals

By Alexa Cook of RNZ Wairoa Mayor Craig Little is calling for urgency from the Government in its overhaul of the emergency management system. The Government...

'No safer than we were 18 months ago': Emergency reforms can't come soon enough for Hawke's Bay

The Wairoa District Council is expected to retain its trailblazing 50/50 general and Māori ward structure after receiving just two submissions, both in...

Town that introduced NZ’s first Māori ward doesn't seem bothered by it

Local art is celebrated this month all over Wairoa in an explosion of colour and form, from the mystical and surreal to weaving, masks, quirky mixed media...

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