Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has today endorsed Option 1C+ as the preferred flood mitigation option for North Clyde – a ...

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council chair Hinewai Ormsby says adopting the refined option is another important milestone and a ...

Metserice has issued a heavy rain warning for the Wairoa district from 9am on Thursday until midnight, with 70 to 110 ...

MetService has upgraded the heavy rain watch for Wairoa to an orange heavy rain warning. The warning for the Wairoa District ...

A plan has been devised to unleash the Wairoa River in periods of heavy rain through land near North Clyde, fixing a troublesome kink in the river that failed the suburb in Cyclone Bola and Gabrielle.

Te Wairoa, where most of the population is Māori (65% according to the 2023 census), remains one of the least wealthy regions in New Zealand. “As a result, the iwi and hapū of Te Wairoa rely ...

Direct flights connecting New Zealand ... conditions as flooding may occur in places. People should stay alert.” The MetService website also recommends people in Wairoa clear drains and gutters ...

Three organisations – the Wairoa District Council, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa Trust – have discussed at length the merits of the two main flood mitigation ...